diff --git a/TestON/tests/SCPFintentEventTp/SCPFintentEventTp.params b/TestON/tests/SCPFintentEventTp/SCPFintentEventTp.params
index a2561e9..ad4ec26 100644
--- a/TestON/tests/SCPFintentEventTp/SCPFintentEventTp.params
+++ b/TestON/tests/SCPFintentEventTp/SCPFintentEventTp.params
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
         <cyclePeriod>1000</cyclePeriod>
         <neighbors>0,a</neighbors>           #a == all nodes (-1)
         <flowRuleBUEnabled>true</flowRuleBUEnabled>
+        <skipReleaseResourcesOnWithdrawal>true</skipReleaseResourcesOnWithdrawal>
     </TEST>
 
     <METRICS>
diff --git a/TestON/tests/SCPFintentEventTp/SCPFintentEventTp.py b/TestON/tests/SCPFintentEventTp/SCPFintentEventTp.py
index e017a48..385d9e6 100644
--- a/TestON/tests/SCPFintentEventTp/SCPFintentEventTp.py
+++ b/TestON/tests/SCPFintentEventTp/SCPFintentEventTp.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
         cellName = main.params[ 'ENV' ][ 'cellName' ]
         numSwitches = (main.params[ 'TEST' ][ 'numSwitches' ]).split(",")
         flowRuleBU = main.params[ 'TEST' ][ 'flowRuleBUEnabled' ]
+        skipRelRsrc = main.params[ 'TEST'][ 'skipReleaseResourcesOnWithdrawal']
         homeDir = os.path.expanduser('~')
 
         main.exceptions = [0]*11
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@
         time.sleep(20)
 
         main.ONOSbench.onosCfgSet( ONOSIp[0], "org.onosproject.store.flow.impl.NewDistributedFlowRuleStore", "backupEnabled " + str(flowRuleBU))
-
+        main.ONOSbench.onosCfgSet( ONOSIp[0], "org.onosproject.net.intent.impl.IntentManager", "skipReleaseResourcesOnWithdrawal " + skipRelRsrc)
         devices = int(clusterCount)*10
 
         main.log.step("Setting up null provider")