diff --git a/plugins/resource/subcommands.go b/plugins/resource/subcommands.go
index e3a8f68b6..b607a4609 100644
--- a/plugins/resource/subcommands.go
+++ b/plugins/resource/subcommands.go
@@ -121,10 +121,11 @@ func setResourceType(appName string, processType string, r Resource, resourceTyp
 	common.LogInfo2Quiet(message)
 
 	for key, value := range resources {
-		if value != "" {
-			common.LogVerbose(fmt.Sprintf("%v: %v", key, value))
+		if value == "" {
+			continue
 		}
 
+		common.LogVerbose(fmt.Sprintf("%v: %v", key, value))
 		property := propertyKey(processType, resourceType, key)
 		err := common.PropertyWrite("resource", appName, property, value)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/tests/unit/20_resource.bats b/tests/unit/20_resource.bats
index a8f92cc89..0ee9bef0a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/20_resource.bats
+++ b/tests/unit/20_resource.bats
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ teardown() {
   echo "status: $status"
   assert_success
 
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku resource:reserve --cpu 1.5 --process-type worker $TEST_APP"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
   dokku ps:rebuild "$TEST_APP"
   CID=$(< $DOKKU_ROOT/$TEST_APP/CONTAINER.web.1)
   run /bin/bash -c "docker inspect --format '{{.HostConfig.MemoryReservation}}' $CID"