diff --git a/k8s/infra/longhorn/longhorn-paperless-storageclass.yaml b/k8s/infra/longhorn/longhorn-paperless-storageclass.yaml
index df37642..57d1f18 100644
--- a/k8s/infra/longhorn/longhorn-paperless-storageclass.yaml
+++ b/k8s/infra/longhorn/longhorn-paperless-storageclass.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ reclaimPolicy: Retain
 volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer
 parameters:
   numberOfReplicas: "1"
+  # diskSelector alone is sufficient: only cp-3 has a disk tagged
+  # paperless-media, so placement is already pinned. A nodeSelector value
+  # here must be a Longhorn *node* tag (set via nodes.longhorn.io spec.tags),
+  # not a Kubernetes hostname - "talos-cp-3" was never a node tag, which made
+  # every provision attempt fail with "specified node tag talos-cp-3 does
+  # not exist".
   diskSelector: "paperless-media"
-  nodeSelector: "talos-cp-3"
   staleReplicaTimeout: "30"
   fsType: "ext4"