diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go
index 26ead1f7ca..8047fba93d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func SetDefaults_KubeletConfiguration(obj *KubeletConfiguration) {
 		obj.HairpinMode = PromiscuousBridge
 	}
 	if obj.EvictionHard == nil {
-		temp := "memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%"
+		temp := "memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<15%"
 		obj.EvictionHard = &temp
 	}
 	if obj.EvictionPressureTransitionPeriod == zeroDuration {