diff --git a/controllers/nodeagent_test.go b/controllers/nodeagent_test.go
index 17237e1137..8e2a82d110 100644
--- a/controllers/nodeagent_test.go
+++ b/controllers/nodeagent_test.go
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ func TestDPAReconciler_buildNodeAgentDaemonset(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 		},
 		{
-			name: "valid DPA CR with aws plugin from CloudStorage, NodeAgent DaemonSet is built with aws plugin",
+			name: "invalid DPA CR with aws plugin from CloudStorage, error is returned",
 			dpa: createTestDpaWith(
 				nil,
 				oadpv1alpha1.DataProtectionApplicationSpec{
@@ -990,8 +990,8 @@ func TestDPAReconciler_buildNodeAgentDaemonset(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			nodeAgentDaemonSet:     testNodeAgentDaemonSet.DeepCopy(),
-			wantNodeAgentDaemonSet: createTestBuiltNodeAgentDaemonSet(TestBuiltNodeAgentDaemonSetOptions{}),
+			nodeAgentDaemonSet: testNodeAgentDaemonSet.DeepCopy(),
+			errorMessage:       "spec.backupLocations.velero must be provided in DPA",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "valid DPA CR with aws plugin and BSL, NodeAgent DaemonSet is built",
diff --git a/controllers/velero.go b/controllers/velero.go
index 6f0b2f440e..d48cd8f044 100644
--- a/controllers/velero.go
+++ b/controllers/velero.go
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@ var (
 		Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
 			corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("500m"),
 			corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("128Mi"),
-			// TODO add defaults?
-			// corev1.ResourceStorage: resource.MustParse("0"),
-			// corev1.ResourceEphemeralStorage: resource.MustParse("0"),
 		},
 	}
 )
@@ -680,39 +677,32 @@ func getAppLabels(instanceName string) map[string]string {
 	return labels
 }
 
-// getResourceListFrom get the values of cpu, memory, storage and ephemeral-storage from
-// input into fallback.
-func getResourceListFrom(input corev1.ResourceList, fallback corev1.ResourceList) (*corev1.ResourceList, error) {
+// getResourceListFrom get the values of cpu, memory and ephemeral-storage from
+// input into defaultResourceList.
+func getResourceListFrom(input corev1.ResourceList, defaultResourceList corev1.ResourceList) (*corev1.ResourceList, error) {
 	if input.Cpu() != nil && input.Cpu().Value() != 0 {
 		parsedQuantity, err := resource.ParseQuantity(input.Cpu().String())
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		fallback[corev1.ResourceCPU] = parsedQuantity
+		defaultResourceList[corev1.ResourceCPU] = parsedQuantity
 	}
 	if input.Memory() != nil && input.Memory().Value() != 0 {
 		parsedQuantity, err := resource.ParseQuantity(input.Memory().String())
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		fallback[corev1.ResourceMemory] = parsedQuantity
-	}
-	if input.Storage() != nil && input.Storage().Value() != 0 {
-		parsedQuantity, err := resource.ParseQuantity(input.Storage().String())
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		fallback[corev1.ResourceStorage] = parsedQuantity
+		defaultResourceList[corev1.ResourceMemory] = parsedQuantity
 	}
 	if input.StorageEphemeral() != nil && input.StorageEphemeral().Value() != 0 {
 		parsedQuantity, err := resource.ParseQuantity(input.StorageEphemeral().String())
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		fallback[corev1.ResourceEphemeralStorage] = parsedQuantity
+		defaultResourceList[corev1.ResourceEphemeralStorage] = parsedQuantity
 	}
 
-	return &fallback, nil
+	return &defaultResourceList, nil
 }
 
 func getResourceReqs(dpa *corev1.ResourceRequirements) (corev1.ResourceRequirements, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/credentials/credentials.go b/pkg/credentials/credentials.go
index f63d19eba7..f9ec05fc81 100644
--- a/pkg/credentials/credentials.go
+++ b/pkg/credentials/credentials.go
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ func AppendCloudProviderVolumes(dpa *oadpv1alpha1.DataProtectionApplication, ds
 		}
 	}
 	for _, bslSpec := range dpa.Spec.BackupLocations {
+		if bslSpec.Velero == nil {
+			return errors.New("spec.backupLocations.velero must be provided in DPA")
+		}
 		if _, ok := bslSpec.Velero.Config["credentialsFile"]; ok {
 			if secretName, err := GetSecretNameFromCredentialsFileConfigString(bslSpec.Velero.Config["credentialsFile"]); err == nil {
 				ds.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes = append(