diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 98c860d1e..e4358d5e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Snapshots now cannot be created while SkipDisk is active
 - Autoplacer: Added very small default weight for the MinResourceCount-strategy for better tiebreaker-distribution
 - Added some more info logging and improved an error message
+- BalanceResourceTask: Do not count skipDisk resources as diskful
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/controller/src/main/java/com/linbit/linstor/core/apicallhandler/controller/CtrlRscAutoPlaceApiCallHandler.java b/controller/src/main/java/com/linbit/linstor/core/apicallhandler/controller/CtrlRscAutoPlaceApiCallHandler.java
index 370ae9dbb..7c783afa1 100644
--- a/controller/src/main/java/com/linbit/linstor/core/apicallhandler/controller/CtrlRscAutoPlaceApiCallHandler.java
+++ b/controller/src/main/java/com/linbit/linstor/core/apicallhandler/controller/CtrlRscAutoPlaceApiCallHandler.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import com.linbit.locks.LockGuardFactory.LockObj;
 import com.linbit.locks.LockGuardFactory.LockType;
 import com.linbit.utils.Pair;
+import com.linbit.utils.StringUtils;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
@@ -185,7 +186,8 @@ Flux<ApiCallRc> autoPlaceInTransaction(
             // we do not care about deleting / evicted resources. just make sure to not count them
             if (
                 !isSomeFlagSet(rsc, Resource.Flags.DELETE, Resource.Flags.EVICTED, Resource.Flags.EVACUATE) &&
-                    !isNodeFlagSet(rsc, Node.Flags.EVACUATE)
+                    !isNodeFlagSet(rsc, Node.Flags.EVACUATE) &&
+                    !hasSkipDiskProp(rsc)
             )
             {
                 if (isFlagSet(rsc, Resource.Flags.DISKLESS))
@@ -601,6 +603,25 @@ private boolean isFlagSet(Resource rsc, Resource.Flags... flags)
         return flagSet;
     }
 
+
+    private boolean hasSkipDiskProp(Resource rsc)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            String skipDiskProp = rsc.getProps(peerAccCtx.get()).getProp(
+                ApiConsts.KEY_DRBD_SKIP_DISK, ApiConsts.NAMESPC_DRBD_OPTIONS);
+            return StringUtils.propTrueOrYes(skipDiskProp);
+        }
+        catch (AccessDeniedException accDeniedExc)
+        {
+            throw new ApiAccessDeniedException(
+                accDeniedExc,
+                "access " + CtrlRscApiCallHandler.getRscDescriptionInline(rsc),
+                ApiConsts.FAIL_ACC_DENIED_RSC
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     private boolean isSomeFlagSet(Resource rsc, Resource.Flags... flags)
     {
         boolean flagSet = false;
diff --git a/controller/src/main/java/com/linbit/linstor/core/apicallhandler/controller/autoplacer/BalanceResources.java b/controller/src/main/java/com/linbit/linstor/core/apicallhandler/controller/autoplacer/BalanceResources.java
index 8a9babc42..c251aaaa4 100644
--- a/controller/src/main/java/com/linbit/linstor/core/apicallhandler/controller/autoplacer/BalanceResources.java
+++ b/controller/src/main/java/com/linbit/linstor/core/apicallhandler/controller/autoplacer/BalanceResources.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import com.linbit.locks.LockGuard;
 import com.linbit.locks.LockGuardFactory;
 import com.linbit.utils.Pair;
+import com.linbit.utils.StringUtils;
 
 import static com.linbit.locks.LockGuardFactory.LockObj.RSC_DFN_MAP;
 import static com.linbit.locks.LockGuardFactory.LockType.WRITE;
@@ -292,7 +293,28 @@ private boolean isRscDfnDisabled(ResourceDefinition rscDfn) throws AccessDeniedE
     }
 
     /**
-     * Loops through all resource definitions and tries to fullfill the linked resource groups place counts.
+     * Filter resources that should really considered as UpToDate diskfull resources.
+     *
+     * @param resources
+     * @throws AccessDeniedException should not we use sysctx
+     */
+    private void filterDiskfull(List<Resource> resources) throws AccessDeniedException
+    {
+        List<Resource> toRemove = new ArrayList<>();
+        for(var res : resources)
+        {
+            String skipDiskProp = res.getProps(sysCtx).getProp(
+                ApiConsts.KEY_DRBD_SKIP_DISK, ApiConsts.NAMESPC_DRBD_OPTIONS);
+            if (StringUtils.propTrueOrYes(skipDiskProp))
+            {
+                toRemove.add(res);
+            }
+        }
+        resources.removeAll(toRemove);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Loops through all resource definitions and tries to fulfill the linked resource groups place counts.
      * @param timeoutSecs Timeout in seconds of the adjust and delete flux
      * @return a Pair with numberAdjusted, deletedResources
      */
@@ -325,6 +347,7 @@ public Pair<Integer, Integer> balanceResources(long timeoutSecs)
                 if (replicaCount != null)
                 {
                     List<Resource> notDeletedDiskful = rscDfn.getNotDeletedDiskful(sysCtx);
+                    filterDiskfull(notDeletedDiskful);
                     int notDeletedDiskfulCount = notDeletedDiskful.size();
                     if (notDeletedDiskfulCount < replicaCount)
                     {