diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_path_provisioner/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_path_provisioner/defaults/main.yml
index 278518b155779888d59b10f4bbef3ee77668d1df..aacfb22a2d06bbf954b32751b554d675708e581b 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_path_provisioner/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_path_provisioner/defaults/main.yml
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ local_path_provisioner_reclaim_policy: Delete
 local_path_provisioner_claim_root: /opt/local-path-provisioner/
 local_path_provisioner_is_default_storageclass: "true"
 local_path_provisioner_debug: false
+local_path_provisioner_helper_image_repo: "busybox"
 local_path_provisioner_helper_image_tag: "latest"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_path_provisioner/templates/local-path-storage-cm.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_path_provisioner/templates/local-path-storage-cm.yml.j2
index df45124417dc9e8743d0a4881890ff29449a31d2..9cd7fd3ff3b26661922cb1636ecfa5713b695131 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_path_provisioner/templates/local-path-storage-cm.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_path_provisioner/templates/local-path-storage-cm.yml.j2
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ data:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: helper-pod
-        image: {% if local_path_provisioner_helper_image_repo is defined %}{{ local_path_provisioner_helper_image_repo }}:{{ local_path_provisioner_helper_image_tag }}{% else %}busybox{% endif %}
+        image: "{{ local_path_provisioner_helper_image_repo }}:{{ local_path_provisioner_helper_image_tag }}"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent