diff --git a/ibm/service/database/resource_ibm_database.go b/ibm/service/database/resource_ibm_database.go
index e980980781..84e4aca5f3 100644
--- a/ibm/service/database/resource_ibm_database.go
+++ b/ibm/service/database/resource_ibm_database.go
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ func resourceIBMDatabaseInstanceCreate(context context.Context, d *schema.Resour
 			if g.CPU != nil && g.CPU.Allocation*nodeCount != currentGroup.CPU.Allocation {
 				groupScaling.CPU = &clouddatabasesv5.GroupScalingCPU{AllocationCount: core.Int64Ptr(int64(g.CPU.Allocation * nodeCount))}
 			}
-			if g.HostFlavor != nil && g.HostFlavor.ID != currentGroup.HostFlavor.ID {
+			if g.HostFlavor != nil {
 				groupScaling.HostFlavor = &clouddatabasesv5.GroupScalingHostFlavor{ID: core.StringPtr(g.HostFlavor.ID)}
 			}
 
diff --git a/ibm/service/database/resource_ibm_database_postgresql_test.go b/ibm/service/database/resource_ibm_database_postgresql_test.go
index e8c96e6ba1..3d898f4c41 100644
--- a/ibm/service/database/resource_ibm_database_postgresql_test.go
+++ b/ibm/service/database/resource_ibm_database_postgresql_test.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func TestAccIBMDatabaseInstancePostgresGroup(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(name, "plan", "standard"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(name, "location", acc.Region()),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(name, "groups.0.count", "3"),
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(name, "groups.0.memory.0.allocation_mb", "8192"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(name, "groups.0.memory.0.allocation_mb", "24576"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(name, "groups.0.disk.0.allocation_mb", "21504"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(name, "groups.0.cpu.0.allocation_count", "9"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(name, "allowlist.#", "0"),