diff --git a/apiclient/harvester_api/managers/virtualmachines.py b/apiclient/harvester_api/managers/virtualmachines.py
index 549abc0b5..5e5265d03 100644
--- a/apiclient/harvester_api/managers/virtualmachines.py
+++ b/apiclient/harvester_api/managers/virtualmachines.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def get_status(self, name="", namespace=DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, *, raw=False, **kwarg
     def create(self, name, vm_spec, namespace=DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, *, raw=False):
         if isinstance(vm_spec, self.Spec):
             vm_spec = self.Spec.to_dict(vm_spec, name, namespace)
-            vm_spec['metadata'].pop('resourceVersion')  # remove for create new ones
+            vm_spec['metadata'].pop('resourceVersion', None)  # remove for create new ones
         path = self.PATH_fmt.format(uid="", ns=namespace)
         return self._create(path, json=vm_spec, raw=raw)