diff --git a/charts/prometheus-smartctl-exporter/templates/daemonset.yaml b/charts/prometheus-smartctl-exporter/templates/daemonset.yaml
index dc4c1400cae5..7bceed8f63e7 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-smartctl-exporter/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-smartctl-exporter/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ spec:
         imagePullPolicy: {{ $global.Values.image.pullPolicy }}
         args:
         - '--smartctl.path={{ $config.smartctl_location }}'
+        - '--smartctl.powermode-check={{ $config.smartctl_powermode_check }}'
         - '--smartctl.interval={{ $config.collect_not_more_than_period }}'
 {{ range $config.devices }}
         - '--smartctl.device={{ . }}'
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-smartctl-exporter/values.yaml b/charts/prometheus-smartctl-exporter/values.yaml
index 75e180be8a05..75b58c6b0471 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-smartctl-exporter/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-smartctl-exporter/values.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ common:
     bind_to: "0.0.0.0:9633"
     url_path: "/metrics"
     smartctl_location: /usr/sbin/smartctl
+    smartctl_powermode_check: standby
     collect_not_more_than_period: 120s
 
 serviceMonitor: