diff --git a/kubernetes/vnfsdk/templates/job.yaml b/kubernetes/vnfsdk/templates/job.yaml
index 08d3107..5caf527 100644
--- a/kubernetes/vnfsdk/templates/job.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/vnfsdk/templates/job.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
               apiVersion: v1
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
         image: "{{ .Values.global.readinessRepository }}/{{ .Values.global.readinessImage }}"
-        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy}}
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy}}
         name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-readiness
       containers:
       - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-job