diff --git a/controllers/drcluster_mmode.go b/controllers/drcluster_mmode.go
index 83bea1fb8..57d1b8d19 100644
--- a/controllers/drcluster_mmode.go
+++ b/controllers/drcluster_mmode.go
@@ -70,12 +70,22 @@ func (u *drclusterInstance) mModeActivationsRequired() (map[string]ramen.Storage
 			continue
 		}
 
+		placementObj, err := getPlacementOrPlacementRule(u.ctx, u.client, drpcCollection.drpc, u.log)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		vrgNamespace, err := selectVRGNamespace(u.client, u.log, drpcCollection.drpc, placementObj)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
 		required, activationsRequired := requiresRegionalFailoverPrerequisites(
 			u.ctx,
 			u.reconciler.APIReader,
 			[]string{u.object.Spec.S3ProfileName},
 			drpcCollection.drpc.GetName(),
-			drpcCollection.drpc.GetNamespace(),
+			vrgNamespace,
 			vrgs,
 			u.object.GetName(),
 			u.reconciler.ObjectStoreGetter,
diff --git a/controllers/drplacementcontrol.go b/controllers/drplacementcontrol.go
index 5253c29a0..391ba68f4 100644
--- a/controllers/drplacementcontrol.go
+++ b/controllers/drplacementcontrol.go
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ func (d *DRPCInstance) checkRegionalFailoverPrerequisites() bool {
 			d.ctx,
 			d.reconciler.APIReader,
 			[]string{drCluster.Spec.S3ProfileName},
-			d.instance.GetName(), d.instance.GetNamespace(),
+			d.instance.GetName(), d.vrgNamespace,
 			d.vrgs, d.instance.Spec.FailoverCluster,
 			d.reconciler.ObjStoreGetter, d.log); required {
 			return checkFailoverMaintenanceActivations(drCluster, activationsRequired, d.log)
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ func requiresRegionalFailoverPrerequisites(
 	apiReader client.Reader,
 	s3ProfileNames []string,
 	drpcName string,
-	drpcNamespace string,
+	vrgNamespace string,
 	vrgs map[string]*rmn.VolumeReplicationGroup,
 	failoverCluster string,
 	objectStoreGetter ObjectStoreGetter,
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ func requiresRegionalFailoverPrerequisites(
 
 	vrg := getLastKnownPrimaryVRG(vrgs, failoverCluster)
 	if vrg == nil {
-		vrg = GetLastKnownVRGPrimaryFromS3(ctx, apiReader, s3ProfileNames, drpcName, drpcNamespace, objectStoreGetter, log)
+		vrg = GetLastKnownVRGPrimaryFromS3(ctx, apiReader, s3ProfileNames, drpcName, vrgNamespace, objectStoreGetter, log)
 		if vrg == nil {
 			// TODO: Is this an error, should we ensure at least one VRG is found in the edge cases?
 			// Potentially missing VRG and so stop failover? How to recover in that case?