diff --git a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/test/RenderedResultsDisabledTest.java b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/test/RenderedResultsDisabledTest.java
index 867778d4ee832..805586405f21a 100644
--- a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/test/RenderedResultsDisabledTest.java
+++ b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/test/RenderedResultsDisabledTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.quarkus.qute.deployment.test;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 import jakarta.enterprise.inject.Instance;
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 
 import io.quarkus.qute.RenderedResults;
+import io.quarkus.qute.Template;
 import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
 
 public class RenderedResultsDisabledTest {
@@ -25,9 +27,13 @@ public class RenderedResultsDisabledTest {
     @Inject
     Instance<RenderedResults> renderedResults;
 
+    @Inject
+    Template foo;
+
     @Test
     public void testRenderedResultsNotRegistered() {
         assertTrue(renderedResults.isUnsatisfied());
+        assertEquals("Morna", foo.data("name", "Morna").render());
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/qute/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/runtime/TemplateProducer.java b/extensions/qute/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/runtime/TemplateProducer.java
index 55cf3151aec9a..ae7d0519d5e94 100644
--- a/extensions/qute/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/runtime/TemplateProducer.java
+++ b/extensions/qute/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/runtime/TemplateProducer.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class TemplateProducer {
             templateVariants.put(entry.getKey(), var);
         }
         this.templateVariants = Collections.unmodifiableMap(templateVariants);
-        this.renderedResults = launchMode == LaunchMode.TEST ? renderedResults.get() : null;
+        this.renderedResults = launchMode == LaunchMode.TEST && renderedResults.isResolvable() ? renderedResults.get() : null;
         this.injectedTemplates = launchMode == LaunchMode.DEVELOPMENT ? Collections.synchronizedList(new ArrayList<>()) : null;
         LOGGER.debugf("Initializing Qute variant templates: %s", templateVariants);
     }