diff --git a/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/handler.go b/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/handler.go
index e7a7c1c40..dc8bf30f1 100644
--- a/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/kapis/monitoring/v1alpha3/handler.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func NewHandler(k kubernetes.Interface, monitoringClient monitoring.Interface, m
 	if ksClient != nil {
 		opRelease = openpitrix.NewOpenpitrixOperator(f, ksClient, nil)
 	}
-	if meteringOptions == nil {
+	if meteringOptions == nil || meteringOptions.RetentionDay == "" {
 		meteringOptions = &meteringclient.DefaultMeteringOption
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/kapis/tenant/v1alpha2/handler.go b/pkg/kapis/tenant/v1alpha2/handler.go
index 540402abd..9c132ebfb 100644
--- a/pkg/kapis/tenant/v1alpha2/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/kapis/tenant/v1alpha2/handler.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func newTenantHandler(factory informers.InformerFactory, k8sclient kubernetes.In
 	monitoringclient monitoringclient.Interface, resourceGetter *resourcev1alpha3.ResourceGetter,
 	meteringOptions *meteringclient.Options) *tenantHandler {
 
-	if meteringOptions == nil {
+	if meteringOptions == nil || meteringOptions.RetentionDay == "" {
 		meteringOptions = &meteringclient.DefaultMeteringOption
 	}