diff --git a/charts/prometheus-smartctl-exporter/templates/daemonset.yaml b/charts/prometheus-smartctl-exporter/templates/daemonset.yaml
index dc4c1400cae5..e5d4ebc2dc48 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 | default "standby" }}'
         - '--smartctl.interval={{ $config.collect_not_more_than_period }}'
 {{ range $config.devices }}
         - '--smartctl.device={{ . }}'