diff --git a/kubernetes/infrastructure/crowdsec/helmrelease.yaml b/kubernetes/infrastructure/crowdsec/helmrelease.yaml
index f8508e2b..50404806 100644
--- a/kubernetes/infrastructure/crowdsec/helmrelease.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/infrastructure/crowdsec/helmrelease.yaml
@@ -39,8 +39,16 @@ spec:
         # kubernetes/infrastructure/openbao/rotation/crowdsec-bouncer-key.yaml.
         secret.reloader.stakater.com/reload: crowdsec-bouncer-key
       persistentVolume:
+        # data holds the machine-registration DB (crowdsec.db). LAPI uses
+        # strategy: Recreate, so any pod recreation (chart bump, the
+        # Reloader restart above, etc.) previously wiped this ephemeral
+        # store and permanently invalidated every agent's registration
+        # (issue #325: all 3 crowdsec-agent daemonset pods CrashLoopBackOff
+        # with "machine not found" after a LAPI recreation, since their
+        # once-run init container can't re-register without their own
+        # pod being recreated too).
         data:
-          enabled: false
+          enabled: true
         config:
           enabled: false
       env: