diff --git a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/clusterrole.yaml b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/clusterrole.yaml
index dace27f83..5cdef5718 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ rules:
 {{- end }}
 
 ---
-{{- if .Values.topologyUpdater.rbac.create }}
+{{- if and .Values.topologyUpdater.enable .Values.topologyUpdater.rbac.create }}
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
diff --git a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/values.yaml b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/values.yaml
index a44467394..061476f7b 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/values.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/values.yaml
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ topologyUpdater:
     annotations: {}
     name:
   rbac:
-    create: false
+    create: true
 
   kubeletConfigPath:
   kubeletPodResourcesSockPath: