diff --git a/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/templates/httproute.yaml b/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/templates/httproute.yaml
index 1015a9d6a39..498b4c76800 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/templates/httproute.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/templates/httproute.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   parentRefs:
     - name: {{ required "httpRoute.gatewayName is required when httpRoute.enabled is true" .Values.httpRoute.gatewayName }}
-      {{- with (default "" .Values.httpRoute.gatewayNamespace) }}
+      {{- with .Values.httpRoute.gatewayNamespace }}
       namespace: {{ . }}
       {{- end }}
       {{- with .Values.httpRoute.gatewayGroup }}
diff --git a/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/values.yaml
index e32baf8f7e9..6afd56bc14b 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/litellm-helm/values.yaml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ ingress:
 
 httpRoute:
   enabled: false
-  gatewayName: ""
+  gatewayName: "my-envoy-gateway" # required
   gatewayNamespace: ""
   gatewayGroup: ""
   gatewayKind: ""