diff --git a/globals/refutil/refutil.go b/globals/refutil/refutil.go
index 7cf3e21c6..f4c559d0b 100644
--- a/globals/refutil/refutil.go
+++ b/globals/refutil/refutil.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func FilterMapByStructObject(mapData map[string]interface{}, obj interface{}, ob
 	valid = make(map[string]interface{})
 	invalid = make(map[string]interface{})
 	for k, v := range mapData {
-		if m[k] != nil && excludedMap[k] == 0 && v != nil && (!isCheckValue || !IsValueEqual(m[k], v)) {
+		if m[k] != nil && excludedMap[k] == 0 /*&& v != nil*/ && (!isCheckValue || !IsValueEqual(m[k], v)) {
 			valid[k] = v
 			m[k] = v
 		} else {