diff --git a/charts/victoria-metrics-distributed/templates/per-az/vmagent.yaml b/charts/victoria-metrics-distributed/templates/per-az/vmagent.yaml
index a3705bf03..2ff4dc374 100644
--- a/charts/victoria-metrics-distributed/templates/per-az/vmagent.yaml
+++ b/charts/victoria-metrics-distributed/templates/per-az/vmagent.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {{- $ctx := dict "helm" . }}
-{{- $tenant := ternary "multitenant" "0" .Values.enableMultitenancy }}
+{{- $isMultitenant := .Values.enableMultitenancy }}
+{{- $tenant := ternary "multitenant" "0" $isMultitenant }}
 {{- range $i, $zone := .Values.availabilityZones }}
 {{- if $zone.vmagent.enabled }}
 {{- if (($zone.vmagent).spec).remoteWrite }} 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ metadata:
   {{- $_ := set $ctx "appKey" (list "availabilityZones" $i "vmagent") }}
   name: {{ include "vm.fullname" $ctx }}
   namespace: {{ include "vm.namespace" $ }}
-{{- $spec := mergeOverwrite (deepCopy ($zone.common).spec) (deepCopy ($zone.vmagent).spec) }}
+{{- $spec := mergeOverwrite (deepCopy $.Values.common.vmagent.spec) (deepCopy ($zone.common).spec) (deepCopy ($zone.vmagent).spec) }}
 {{- $remoteWrites := default list }}
 {{- range $rwZone := $.Values.availabilityZones }}
   {{- if $rwZone.write.allow }}
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ metadata:
   {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- $_ := set $spec "remoteWrite" (concat $remoteWrites ($spec.remoteWrites | default list)) }}
+{{- if $isMultitenant }}
+  {{- $_ := set $spec "remoteWriteSettings" (dict "useMultitenantMode" true) }}
+{{- end }}
 spec: {{ toYaml $spec | nindent 2 }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/victoria-metrics-distributed/values.yaml b/charts/victoria-metrics-distributed/values.yaml
index 7c6c58461..444d6622d 100644
--- a/charts/victoria-metrics-distributed/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/victoria-metrics-distributed/values.yaml
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ common:
   vmagent:
     # -- Common VMAgent spec, which can be overriden by each VMAgent configuration.
     # Available parameters can be found [here](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/operator/api/index.html#vmagentspec)
-    spec:
-      remoteWriteSettings:
-        useMultiTenantMode: true
+    spec: {}
   vmcluster:
     # -- Common VMCluster spec, which can be overriden by each VMCluster configuration.
     # Available parameters can be found [here](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/operator/api/index.html#vmclusterspec)