diff --git a/chart/templates/api-server/api-server-deployment.yaml b/chart/templates/api-server/api-server-deployment.yaml
index 96bbdd984b230..0d3d8c0cdd38c 100644
--- a/chart/templates/api-server/api-server-deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/api-server/api-server-deployment.yaml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ spec:
             {{- end }}
         {{- end }}
         {{- if .Values.apiServer.extraInitContainers }}
-          {{- toYaml .Values.apiServer.extraInitContainers | nindent 8 }}
+          {{- tpl (toYaml .Values.apiServer.extraInitContainers) . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: api-server