diff --git a/deployment/network-operator/templates/mellanox.com_v1alpha1_nicclusterpolicy_cr.yaml b/deployment/network-operator/templates/mellanox.com_v1alpha1_nicclusterpolicy_cr.yaml
index ca0938de1..d3921c26d 100644
--- a/deployment/network-operator/templates/mellanox.com_v1alpha1_nicclusterpolicy_cr.yaml
+++ b/deployment/network-operator/templates/mellanox.com_v1alpha1_nicclusterpolicy_cr.yaml
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ spec:
     repository: {{ .Values.nvIpam.repository }}
     version: {{ .Values.nvIpam.version }}
     imagePullSecrets: {{ include "network-operator.nvIpam.imagePullSecrets" . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- if .Values.nvIpam.config | empty | not }}
     config: {{ .Values.nvIpam.config | quote }}
+    {{- end }}
   {{- end }}
 {{ end }}
diff --git a/deployment/network-operator/values.yaml b/deployment/network-operator/values.yaml
index 6d39160ec..87d834e1f 100644
--- a/deployment/network-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/deployment/network-operator/values.yaml
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ nvIpam:
   version: v0.0.2
   # imagePullSecrets: []
   # network pool configuration as described in https://github.com/Mellanox/nvidia-k8s-ipam
-  config: ''
+  # config: '<uncomment and put config here>'
 
 secondaryNetwork:
   deploy: true
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ secondaryNetwork:
     repository: ghcr.io/k8snetworkplumbingwg
     version: v3.9.3
     # imagePullSecrets: []
-    config: ''
+    # config: ''
   ipoib:
     deploy: false
     image: ipoib-cni