diff --git a/deployment/components/common/worker-mounts-combined.yaml b/deployment/components/common/worker-mounts-combined.yaml
index 2a1faec0d..2b9a43e12 100644
--- a/deployment/components/common/worker-mounts-combined.yaml
+++ b/deployment/components/common/worker-mounts-combined.yaml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
   - name: host-usr-lib
     hostPath:
       path: "/usr/lib"
-  - name: host-usr-src
-    hostPath:
-      path: "/usr/src"
   - name: source-d
     hostPath:
       path: "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/source.d/"
@@ -41,9 +38,6 @@
   - name: host-usr-lib
     mountPath: "/host-usr/lib"
     readOnly: true
-  - name: host-usr-src
-    mountPath: "/host-usr/src"
-    readOnly: true
   - name: source-d
     mountPath: "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/source.d/"
     readOnly: true
diff --git a/deployment/components/common/worker-mounts.yaml b/deployment/components/common/worker-mounts.yaml
index 2c3d57ade..1703967a9 100644
--- a/deployment/components/common/worker-mounts.yaml
+++ b/deployment/components/common/worker-mounts.yaml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
   - name: host-usr-lib
     hostPath:
       path: "/usr/lib"
-  - name: host-usr-src
-    hostPath:
-      path: "/usr/src"
   - name: source-d
     hostPath:
       path: "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/source.d/"
@@ -41,9 +38,6 @@
   - name: host-usr-lib
     mountPath: "/host-usr/lib"
     readOnly: true
-  - name: host-usr-src
-    mountPath: "/host-usr/src"
-    readOnly: true
   - name: source-d
     mountPath: "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/source.d/"
     readOnly: true
diff --git a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/Chart.yaml b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/Chart.yaml
index c3691c7d4..553fc3c07 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/Chart.yaml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ keywords:
   - feature-detection
   - node-labels
 type: application
-version: 0.2.0
+version: 0.2.1
diff --git a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/worker.yaml b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/worker.yaml
index f09a149b1..808f9921e 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/worker.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/worker.yaml
@@ -63,9 +63,11 @@ spec:
         - name: host-usr-lib
           mountPath: "/host-usr/lib"
           readOnly: true
+        {{- if .Values.worker.mountUsrSrc }}
         - name: host-usr-src
           mountPath: "/host-usr/src"
           readOnly: true
+        {{- end }}
         - name: source-d
           mountPath: "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/source.d/"
           readOnly: true
@@ -95,9 +97,11 @@ spec:
         - name: host-usr-lib
           hostPath:
             path: "/usr/lib"
+        {{- if .Values.worker.mountUsrSrc }}
         - name: host-usr-src
           hostPath:
             path: "/usr/src"
+        {{- end }}
         - name: source-d
           hostPath:
             path: "/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/source.d/"
diff --git a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/values.yaml b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/values.yaml
index b6a3b8070..de86b0ea3 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/values.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/values.yaml
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ worker:
     runAsNonRoot: true
     # runAsUser: 1000
 
+  # Allow users to mount the hostPath /usr/src, useful for RHCOS on s390x
+  # Does not work on systems without /usr/src AND a read-only /usr, such as Talos
+  mountUsrSrc: false
+
   resources: {}
     # We usually recommend not to specify default resources and to leave this as a conscious
     # choice for the user. This also increases chances charts run on environments with little