diff --git a/helm/operator/values.yaml b/helm/operator/values.yaml
index 38328a133f8..98676c0d097 100644
--- a/helm/operator/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/operator/values.yaml
@@ -2,15 +2,20 @@
 
 operator:
   ## Setup environment variables for the Operator
-  # env:
-  #   - name: MINIO_CONSOLE_TLS_ENABLE
-  #     value: "off"
-  #   - name: CLUSTER_DOMAIN
-  #     value: "cluster.domain"
-  #   - name: WATCHED_NAMESPACE
-  #     value: ""
-  #   - name: MINIO_OPERATOR_RUNTIME
-  #     value: "OpenShift"
+#  env:
+#    - name: MINIO_OPERATOR_DEPLOYMENT_NAME
+#      valueFrom:
+#        fieldRef:
+#          fieldPath: metadata.labels['app.kubernetes.io/name']
+#    - name: MINIO_CONSOLE_TLS_ENABLE
+#      value: "off"
+#    - name: CLUSTER_DOMAIN
+#      value: "cluster.domain"
+#    - name: WATCHED_NAMESPACE
+#      value: ""
+#    - name: MINIO_OPERATOR_RUNTIME
+#      value: "OpenShift"
+  env: [ ]
   #
   ### Image field:
   ## Image from tag (original behaviour), for example:
@@ -30,7 +35,6 @@ operator:
   imagePullSecrets: [ ]
   runtimeClassName: ~
   initContainers: [ ]
-  env: [ ]
   replicaCount: 2
   securityContext:
     runAsUser: 1000
diff --git a/pkg/controller/main-controller.go b/pkg/controller/main-controller.go
index 4b31e323647..2bde7f7dab1 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/main-controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/main-controller.go
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func NewController(podName string, namespacesToWatch set.StringSet, kubeClientSe
 	ns := miniov2.GetNSFromFile()
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	oprImg := DefaultOperatorImage
-	oprDep, err := kubeClientSet.AppsV1().Deployments(ns).Get(ctx, DefaultDeploymentName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+	oprDep, err := kubeClientSet.AppsV1().Deployments(ns).Get(ctx, getOperatorDeploymentName(), metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err == nil && oprDep != nil {
 		// assume we are the first container, just in case they changed the default name
 		if len(oprDep.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers) > 0 {