diff --git a/deployments/gpu-operator/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml b/deployments/gpu-operator/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
index 08b87fbce..d5a374562 100644
--- a/deployments/gpu-operator/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
+++ b/deployments/gpu-operator/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ subjects:
 - kind: ServiceAccount
   name: gpu-operator
   namespace: {{ $.Release.Namespace }}
+{{- if .Values.nfd.enabled }}
 - kind: ServiceAccount
   name: node-feature-discovery
   namespace: {{ $.Release.Namespace }}