diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/home-assistant/kustomization.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/home-assistant/kustomization.yaml
index 47245ad4..8f8e6c63 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/home-assistant/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/home-assistant/kustomization.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ resources:
   - service.yaml
   - iot-service.yaml
   - ingress.yaml
-  - servicemonitor.yaml
   - prometheus-token.sops.yaml
   - rbac.yaml
   - mosquitto-bootstrap.yaml
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/home-assistant/servicemonitor.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/monitoring-rules/home-assistant-servicemonitor.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from kubernetes/apps/home-assistant/servicemonitor.yaml
rename to kubernetes/apps/monitoring-rules/home-assistant-servicemonitor.yaml
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/monitoring-rules/kustomization.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/monitoring-rules/kustomization.yaml
index 72d9dea9..5958d235 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/monitoring-rules/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/monitoring-rules/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ kind: Kustomization
 # only after `monitoring` is Ready (chart installed → CRDs present).
 resources:
   - prometheusrule-garage.yaml
+  - home-assistant-servicemonitor.yaml
diff --git a/kubernetes/clusters/homelab/home-assistant.yaml b/kubernetes/clusters/homelab/home-assistant.yaml
index 39044671..903a90b2 100644
--- a/kubernetes/clusters/homelab/home-assistant.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/clusters/homelab/home-assistant.yaml
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ spec:
     - name: infrastructure
     - name: infrastructure-crds
     - name: infrastructure-ceph-cluster
+    # The seed initContainer mounts `garage-migration-creds`, which is owned
+    # by the home-assistant Kustomization. Without this dependency the init
+    # container CreateContainerConfigError-loops until HA's KS lands first.
+    - name: home-assistant
 ---
 apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
 kind: Kustomization