diff --git a/pkg/resources/fluentd/appconfigmap.go b/pkg/resources/fluentd/appconfigmap.go
index 015767993..7d8876601 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/fluentd/appconfigmap.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/fluentd/appconfigmap.go
@@ -214,9 +214,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) newCheckPod(hashKey string) *corev1.Pod {
 		"--dry-run",
 	}
 
-	if len(r.Logging.Spec.FluentdSpec.ExtraArgs) != 0 {
-		containerArgs = append(containerArgs, r.Logging.Spec.FluentdSpec.ExtraArgs...)
-	}
+	containerArgs = append(containerArgs, r.Logging.Spec.FluentdSpec.ExtraArgs...)
 
 	pod := &corev1.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: r.FluentdObjectMeta(fmt.Sprintf("fluentd-configcheck-%s", hashKey), ComponentConfigCheck),
diff --git a/pkg/resources/fluentd/statefulset.go b/pkg/resources/fluentd/statefulset.go
index 851b7d921..48b664cf5 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/fluentd/statefulset.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/fluentd/statefulset.go
@@ -149,9 +149,7 @@ func fluentContainer(spec *v1beta1.FluentdSpec) corev1.Container {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if len(spec.ExtraArgs) != 0 {
-		container.Args = append(container.Args, spec.ExtraArgs...)
-	}
+	container.Args = append(container.Args, spec.ExtraArgs...)
 
 	return container
 }