diff --git a/KubeArmor/core/kubeArmor.go b/KubeArmor/core/kubeArmor.go
index 577164591a..32d711b4c8 100644
--- a/KubeArmor/core/kubeArmor.go
+++ b/KubeArmor/core/kubeArmor.go
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ func KubeArmor() {
 	dm := NewKubeArmorDaemon()
 
 	// Enable KubeArmorHostPolicy for both VM and KVMAgent
-	if cfg.GlobalCfg.KVMAgent || cfg.GlobalCfg.HostPolicy {
+	if cfg.GlobalCfg.KVMAgent || (!cfg.GlobalCfg.K8sEnv && cfg.GlobalCfg.HostPolicy) {
 		dm.Node.NodeIP = kl.GetExternalIPAddr()
 
 		dm.Node.Annotations = map[string]string{}