diff --git a/api/v1beta1/conditions_consts.go b/api/v1beta1/conditions_consts.go
index fd65260..10f5efc 100644
--- a/api/v1beta1/conditions_consts.go
+++ b/api/v1beta1/conditions_consts.go
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ const (
 	// waiting for an available host required by placement group to create VM.
 	WaitingForAvailableHostRequiredByPlacementGroupReason = "WaitingForAvailableHostRequiredByPlacementGroup"
 
+	// SelectingGPUFailedReason (Severity=Warning) documents an ElfMachine controller detecting
+	// an error while selecting GPU; those kind of errors are usually transient and failed updating
+	// are automatically re-tried by the controller.
+	SelectingGPUFailedReason = "SelectingGPUFailed"
+
+	// WaitingForAvailableHostWithSufficientMemoryReason (Severity=Info) documents an ElfMachine
+	// waiting for an available host with sufficient memory to create VM.
+	WaitingForAvailableHostWithSufficientMemoryReason = "WaitingForAvailableHostWithSufficientMemory"
+
 	// WaitingForAvailableHostWithEnoughGPUsReason (Severity=Info) documents an ElfMachine
 	// waiting for an available host with enough GPUs to create VM.
 	WaitingForAvailableHostWithEnoughGPUsReason = "WaitingForAvailableHostWithEnoughGPUs"
diff --git a/controllers/elfmachine_controller_gpu.go b/controllers/elfmachine_controller_gpu.go
index 91bc801..963c21e 100644
--- a/controllers/elfmachine_controller_gpu.go
+++ b/controllers/elfmachine_controller_gpu.go
@@ -53,11 +53,18 @@ func (r *ElfMachineReconciler) selectHostAndGPUsForVM(ctx goctx.Context, machine
 		return ptr.To(""), nil, nil
 	}
 
+	var availableHosts service.Hosts
 	defer func() {
-		if rethost == nil {
-			conditions.MarkFalse(machineCtx.ElfMachine, infrav1.VMProvisionedCondition, infrav1.WaitingForAvailableHostWithEnoughGPUsReason, clusterv1.ConditionSeverityInfo, "")
-
-			log.V(1).Info("No host with the required GPU devices for the virtual machine, so wait for enough available hosts")
+		if reterr != nil {
+			conditions.MarkFalse(machineCtx.ElfMachine, infrav1.VMProvisionedCondition, infrav1.SelectingGPUFailedReason, clusterv1.ConditionSeverityError, reterr.Error())
+		} else if rethost == nil {
+			if availableHosts.Len() == 0 {
+				conditions.MarkFalse(machineCtx.ElfMachine, infrav1.VMProvisionedCondition, infrav1.WaitingForAvailableHostWithSufficientMemoryReason, clusterv1.ConditionSeverityWarning, "")
+				log.V(1).Info("Waiting for enough available hosts")
+			} else {
+				conditions.MarkFalse(machineCtx.ElfMachine, infrav1.VMProvisionedCondition, infrav1.WaitingForAvailableHostWithEnoughGPUsReason, clusterv1.ConditionSeverityInfo, "")
+				log.V(1).Info("No host with the required GPU devices for the virtual machine, so wait for enough available hosts")
+			}
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -83,9 +90,8 @@ func (r *ElfMachineReconciler) selectHostAndGPUsForVM(ctx goctx.Context, machine
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
-	availableHosts := hosts.FilterAvailableHostsWithEnoughMemory(*service.TowerMemory(machineCtx.ElfMachine.Spec.MemoryMiB))
+	availableHosts = hosts.FilterAvailableHostsWithEnoughMemory(*service.TowerMemory(machineCtx.ElfMachine.Spec.MemoryMiB))
 	if len(availableHosts) == 0 {
-		log.V(2).Info("Waiting for enough available hosts")
 		return nil, nil, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/controllers/elfmachine_controller_gpu_test.go b/controllers/elfmachine_controller_gpu_test.go
index 240764d..52fed91 100644
--- a/controllers/elfmachine_controller_gpu_test.go
+++ b/controllers/elfmachine_controller_gpu_test.go
@@ -134,8 +134,9 @@ var _ = Describe("ElfMachineReconciler-GPU", func() {
 			logBuffer.Reset()
 			removeGPUVMInfosCache(gpuIDs)
 			gpuVMInfo.Vms = []*models.GpuVMDetail{{ID: service.TowerString("id"), Name: service.TowerString("vm"), Status: models.NewVMStatus(models.VMStatusRUNNING)}}
-			mockVMService.EXPECT().GetHostsByCluster(elfCluster.Spec.Cluster).Return(nil, nil)
+			mockVMService.EXPECT().GetHostsByCluster(elfCluster.Spec.Cluster).Return(service.NewHosts(host), nil)
 			mockVMService.EXPECT().GetGPUDevicesAllocationInfoByIDs([]string{*gpuVMInfo.ID}).Return(gpuVMInfos, nil)
+			mockVMService.EXPECT().GetGPUDevicesAllocationInfoByHostIDs([]string{*host.ID}, models.GpuDeviceUsagePASSTHROUGH).Return(service.NewGPUVMInfos(), nil)
 			hostID, gpus, err = reconciler.selectHostAndGPUsForVM(ctx, machineContext, "")
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 			Expect(hostID).To(BeNil())
@@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ var _ = Describe("ElfMachineReconciler-GPU", func() {
 			Expect(elfMachine.Status.GPUDevices).To(Equal([]infrav1.GPUStatus{{GPUID: *vm.GpuDevices[0].ID, Name: *vm.GpuDevices[0].Name}}))
 		})
 
-		It("should add GPU devices to VM when the VM without GPU devices", func() {
+		It("should add GPU devices to VM when without available hosts", func() {
 			host := fake.NewTowerHost()
 			vm := fake.NewTowerVMFromElfMachine(elfMachine)
 			vm.Host = &models.NestedHost{ID: host.ID}
@@ -282,7 +283,13 @@ var _ = Describe("ElfMachineReconciler-GPU", func() {
 			ok, err := reconciler.reconcileGPUDevices(ctx, machineContext, vm)
 			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
 			Expect(ok).To(BeFalse())
-			expectConditions(elfMachine, []conditionAssertion{{infrav1.VMProvisionedCondition, corev1.ConditionFalse, clusterv1.ConditionSeverityInfo, infrav1.WaitingForAvailableHostWithEnoughGPUsReason}})
+			expectConditions(elfMachine, []conditionAssertion{{infrav1.VMProvisionedCondition, corev1.ConditionFalse, clusterv1.ConditionSeverityError, infrav1.SelectingGPUFailedReason}})
+
+			mockVMService.EXPECT().GetHostsByCluster(elfCluster.Spec.Cluster).Return(service.Hosts{}, nil)
+			ok, err = reconciler.reconcileGPUDevices(ctx, machineContext, vm)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(ok).To(BeFalse())
+			expectConditions(elfMachine, []conditionAssertion{{infrav1.VMProvisionedCondition, corev1.ConditionFalse, clusterv1.ConditionSeverityWarning, infrav1.WaitingForAvailableHostWithSufficientMemoryReason}})
 		})
 
 		It("should remove GPU devices to VM when detect host are not sufficient", func() {