diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/mirrormanager/templates/cron-crawler.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/mirrormanager/templates/cron-crawler.yml
index daaf53b68a..ebc6d9214a 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/mirrormanager/templates/cron-crawler.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/mirrormanager/templates/cron-crawler.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ spec:
               - "{{ cronjob.threads }}"
               - "--global-timeout"
               - "{{ cronjob.timeout }}"
-{% if cronjob.host_timeout %}
+{% if cronjob.host_timeout is defined %}
               - "--host-timeout"
               - "{{ cronjob.host_timeout }}"
 {% endif %}