diff --git a/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/README-source.adoc b/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/README-source.adoc
index 74aaf14de6..eeef3925f8 100644
--- a/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/README-source.adoc
+++ b/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/README-source.adoc
@@ -982,6 +982,7 @@ bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --topic testing --bootstrap-server localhost:9092
 // OpenShift
 include::../shared-doc/build-and-run-the-quickstart-with-openshift.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
 ----
+$ oc delete -f ./charts/kafka-topic.yaml --wait --timeout=10m0s
 $ oc delete -f ./charts/kafka-on-openshift.yaml --wait --timeout=10m0s
 $ oc delete -f ./charts/amq-operator-on-openshift.yaml --wait --timeout=10m0s
 ----
diff --git a/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/charts/kafka-on-openshift.yaml b/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/charts/kafka-on-openshift.yaml
index 3b7016b9a4..1a8800731d 100644
--- a/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/charts/kafka-on-openshift.yaml
+++ b/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/charts/kafka-on-openshift.yaml
@@ -59,15 +59,3 @@ spec:
       type: ephemeral
   entityOperator:
     topicOperator: {}
-
----
-# create a topic in Kafka Stream instance
-apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta2
-kind: KafkaTopic
-metadata:
-  name: testing
-  labels:
-    strimzi.io/cluster: my-cluster
-spec:
-  partitions: 3
-  replicas: 3
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diff --git a/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/charts/kafka-topic.yaml b/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/charts/kafka-topic.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68d10d7202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/charts/kafka-topic.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# create a topic in Kafka Stream instance
+apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta2
+kind: KafkaTopic
+metadata:
+  name: testing
+  labels:
+    strimzi.io/cluster: my-cluster
+spec:
+  partitions: 3
+  replicas: 3
diff --git a/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/helm-install-prerequisites-openshift.adoc b/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/helm-install-prerequisites-openshift.adoc
index 52064f5f6d..ef0e4aa100 100644
--- a/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/helm-install-prerequisites-openshift.adoc
+++ b/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/helm-install-prerequisites-openshift.adoc
@@ -25,12 +25,18 @@ NAME                   DISPLAY                    VERSION    REPLACES
 amqstreams.v3.0.0-13   Streams for Apache Kafka   3.0.0-13   amq-streams.v3.0.0-9   Succeeded
 ----
 
-Then you can set up a Kafka cluster called `my-cluster` with topic `testing` in your project:
+Then you can set up a Kafka cluster called `my-cluster` in your project:
 [options="nowrap",subs="+attributes"]
 ----
 $ oc apply -f ./charts/kafka-on-openshift.yaml --wait --timeout=10m0s
 ----
 
+Once the Kafka cluster is ready, create the topic `testing`:
+[options="nowrap",subs="+attributes"]
+----
+$ oc apply -f ./charts/kafka-topic.yaml --wait --timeout=10m0s
+----
+
 Although the above commands will return pretty immediately, your AMQ Streams instance will not be available until its entity operator is up and running. The name of the pod will be of the format `my-cluster-entity-operator-xxxxxxxxx-yyyyy`.
 
 To be on the safe side, wait until this pod is ready, as shown in this example: