diff --git a/app/models/chargeback_rate.rb b/app/models/chargeback_rate.rb
index f327fe760f5..2c2d9ef6097 100644
--- a/app/models/chargeback_rate.rb
+++ b/app/models/chargeback_rate.rb
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ def assigned_tags?
     get_assigned_tos[:tags].present?
   end
 
+  def default?
+    super || description == 'Default Container Image Rate'
+  end
+
   ###########################################################
 
   private
@@ -150,7 +154,7 @@ def ensure_unassigned
   end
 
   def ensure_nondefault
-    if default? || description == 'Default Container Image Rate'
+    if default?
       errors.add(:rate, "default rate cannot be deleted")
       throw :abort
     end