diff --git a/omec/omec-user-plane/values.yaml b/omec/omec-user-plane/values.yaml
index e53951e..d1bc16c 100644
--- a/omec/omec-user-plane/values.yaml
+++ b/omec/omec-user-plane/values.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
     enabled: false
     path: /tmp/coredump
   upf:
+    # Enable privileged when run from VM with sriov support
+    privileged: false
     hugepage:
       enabled: true
     sriov: