diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/monitoring.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/monitoring.md
index e02663670..a3bd6b20f 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/monitoring.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/monitoring.md
@@ -328,6 +328,12 @@ canonical physical-disk model and the Proxmox polling runtime in
 `internal/monitoring/monitor_pve.go` must evaluate disk alerts only after that
 merged disk view exists, so controller-backed disks do not lose health and
 endurance coverage between collection and alerting.
+That same host-agent temperature boundary must not suppress SSH SMART disk
+collection just because the agent already reported CPU package or NVMe
+temperatures. `internal/monitoring/monitor_polling_node_helpers.go` may skip
+SSH only once the host-agent temperature payload already has SMART disk data,
+so nodes keep their disk-temperature and SMART augmentation when the host agent
+is present but lacks SMART support.
 That same Proxmox monitoring boundary also owns checked response parsing for
 polymorphic numeric fields. Shared client parsers such as
 `pkg/proxmox/replication.go` must use the package's checked integer conversion
diff --git a/internal/monitoring/canonical_guardrails_test.go b/internal/monitoring/canonical_guardrails_test.go
index a50188abd..ea828f50a 100644
--- a/internal/monitoring/canonical_guardrails_test.go
+++ b/internal/monitoring/canonical_guardrails_test.go
@@ -220,6 +220,31 @@ func TestProxmoxGuestDiskCarryForwardUsesCanonicalStabilityHelper(t *testing.T)
 	}
 }
 
+func TestMonitoringTemperatureFallbackUsesSMARTAwareSSHSkipRule(t *testing.T) {
+	requiredSnippets := map[string][]string{
+		"host_agent_temps.go": {
+			"func shouldSkipTemperatureSSHCollection(hostAgentTemp *models.Temperature) bool {",
+			"return hostAgentTemp.HasSMART",
+		},
+		"monitor_polling_node_helpers.go": {
+			"skipSSHCollection := shouldSkipTemperatureSSHCollection(hostAgentTemp)",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for file, snippets := range requiredSnippets {
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(file)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("failed to read %s: %v", file, err)
+		}
+		source := string(data)
+		for _, snippet := range snippets {
+			if !strings.Contains(source, snippet) {
+				t.Fatalf("%s must contain %q", file, snippet)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMonitoringRuntimeAvoidsLegacyMockPartialHelpers(t *testing.T) {
 	forbiddenSnippets := []string{
 		"mock.GetMockState(",
diff --git a/internal/monitoring/host_agent_temps.go b/internal/monitoring/host_agent_temps.go
index 84d2e037c..97667c1ce 100644
--- a/internal/monitoring/host_agent_temps.go
+++ b/internal/monitoring/host_agent_temps.go
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ func (m *Monitor) getHostAgentTemperature(nodeName string) *models.Temperature {
 	return m.getHostAgentTemperatureByID("", nodeName)
 }
 
+func shouldSkipTemperatureSSHCollection(hostAgentTemp *models.Temperature) bool {
+	if hostAgentTemp == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Host-agent CPU or NVMe readings are preferred, but SSH should still augment
+	// the node with SMART disk temperatures until the agent has reported SMART.
+	return hostAgentTemp.HasSMART
+}
+
 // getHostAgentTemperatureByID looks for a matching host agent by node ID first,
 // then falls back to hostname matching. This correctly handles clusters where
 // multiple nodes may have the same hostname (e.g., "px1" on different IPs).
diff --git a/internal/monitoring/host_agent_temps_test.go b/internal/monitoring/host_agent_temps_test.go
index a23442b57..6b22813bb 100644
--- a/internal/monitoring/host_agent_temps_test.go
+++ b/internal/monitoring/host_agent_temps_test.go
@@ -152,6 +152,37 @@ func TestConvertHostSensorsToTemperature_NoPackageUsesMaxCore(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestShouldSkipTemperatureSSHCollection(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("nil host agent temp does not skip", func(t *testing.T) {
+		if shouldSkipTemperatureSSHCollection(nil) {
+			t.Fatal("expected nil host agent temp not to skip SSH collection")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("cpu only host agent temp does not skip", func(t *testing.T) {
+		host := &models.Temperature{
+			Available:  true,
+			HasCPU:     true,
+			CPUPackage: 55,
+		}
+		if shouldSkipTemperatureSSHCollection(host) {
+			t.Fatal("expected CPU-only host agent temp not to skip SSH collection")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("host agent smart data skips", func(t *testing.T) {
+		host := &models.Temperature{
+			Available: true,
+			HasCPU:    true,
+			HasSMART:  true,
+			SMART:     []models.DiskTemp{{Device: "/dev/sda", Temperature: 35}},
+		}
+		if !shouldSkipTemperatureSSHCollection(host) {
+			t.Fatal("expected SMART-capable host agent temp to skip SSH collection")
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func TestIsHostAgentTemperatureRecent(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name     string
diff --git a/internal/monitoring/monitor_polling_node_helpers.go b/internal/monitoring/monitor_polling_node_helpers.go
index 934414b76..ac94f715e 100644
--- a/internal/monitoring/monitor_polling_node_helpers.go
+++ b/internal/monitoring/monitor_polling_node_helpers.go
@@ -159,8 +159,10 @@ func (m *Monitor) collectNodeTemperatureData(
 				sshHost = node.Node
 			}
 
-			// Skip SSH collection if we already have host agent data.
-			skipSSHCollection := hostAgentTemp != nil
+			// Skip SSH only when the host agent already has SMART data too.
+			// If the host agent only has CPU/NVMe readings, SSH can still
+			// augment the node with SMART disk temperatures.
+			skipSSHCollection := shouldSkipTemperatureSSHCollection(hostAgentTemp)
 
 			if !skipSSHCollection {
 				sshTemp, err = m.tempCollector.CollectTemperature(tempCtx, sshHost, node.Node)