diff --git a/pkg/apis/batch/v1/defaults.go b/pkg/apis/batch/v1/defaults.go
index eeaed2f699d..b409ae692b7 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/batch/v1/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/batch/v1/defaults.go
@@ -59,17 +59,6 @@ func SetDefaults_Job(obj *batchv1.Job) {
 	if obj.Spec.Suspend == nil {
 		obj.Spec.Suspend = ptr.To(false)
 	}
-	if obj.Spec.PodFailurePolicy != nil {
-		for _, rule := range obj.Spec.PodFailurePolicy.Rules {
-			if rule.OnPodConditions != nil {
-				for i, pattern := range rule.OnPodConditions {
-					if pattern.Status == "" {
-						rule.OnPodConditions[i].Status = corev1.ConditionTrue
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
 	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.JobPodReplacementPolicy) {
 		if obj.Spec.PodReplacementPolicy == nil {
 			if obj.Spec.PodFailurePolicy != nil {
@@ -98,3 +87,9 @@ func SetDefaults_CronJob(obj *batchv1.CronJob) {
 		obj.Spec.FailedJobsHistoryLimit = ptr.To[int32](1)
 	}
 }
+
+func SetDefaults_PodFailurePolicyOnPodConditionsPattern(obj *batchv1.PodFailurePolicyOnPodConditionsPattern) {
+	if obj.Status == "" {
+		obj.Status = corev1.ConditionTrue
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/batch/v1/zz_generated.defaults.go b/pkg/apis/batch/v1/zz_generated.defaults.go
index eb6ce80a1f9..bf466084c26 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/batch/v1/zz_generated.defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/batch/v1/zz_generated.defaults.go
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ func RegisterDefaults(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 
 func SetObjectDefaults_CronJob(in *batchv1.CronJob) {
 	SetDefaults_CronJob(in)
+	if in.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.PodFailurePolicy != nil {
+		for i := range in.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.PodFailurePolicy.Rules {
+			a := &in.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.PodFailurePolicy.Rules[i]
+			for j := range a.OnPodConditions {
+				b := &a.OnPodConditions[j]
+				SetDefaults_PodFailurePolicyOnPodConditionsPattern(b)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	apiscorev1.SetDefaults_PodSpec(&in.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Spec)
 	for i := range in.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes {
 		a := &in.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes[i]
@@ -350,6 +359,15 @@ func SetObjectDefaults_CronJobList(in *batchv1.CronJobList) {
 
 func SetObjectDefaults_Job(in *batchv1.Job) {
 	SetDefaults_Job(in)
+	if in.Spec.PodFailurePolicy != nil {
+		for i := range in.Spec.PodFailurePolicy.Rules {
+			a := &in.Spec.PodFailurePolicy.Rules[i]
+			for j := range a.OnPodConditions {
+				b := &a.OnPodConditions[j]
+				SetDefaults_PodFailurePolicyOnPodConditionsPattern(b)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	apiscorev1.SetDefaults_PodSpec(&in.Spec.Template.Spec)
 	for i := range in.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes {
 		a := &in.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes[i]
diff --git a/pkg/apis/batch/v1beta1/zz_generated.defaults.go b/pkg/apis/batch/v1beta1/zz_generated.defaults.go
index 7e517afd0c1..8cd7be23148 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/batch/v1beta1/zz_generated.defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/batch/v1beta1/zz_generated.defaults.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	batchv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	runtime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	batchv1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/batch/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/v1"
 )
 
@@ -39,6 +40,15 @@ func RegisterDefaults(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 
 func SetObjectDefaults_CronJob(in *batchv1beta1.CronJob) {
 	SetDefaults_CronJob(in)
+	if in.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.PodFailurePolicy != nil {
+		for i := range in.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.PodFailurePolicy.Rules {
+			a := &in.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.PodFailurePolicy.Rules[i]
+			for j := range a.OnPodConditions {
+				b := &a.OnPodConditions[j]
+				batchv1.SetDefaults_PodFailurePolicyOnPodConditionsPattern(b)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	corev1.SetDefaults_PodSpec(&in.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Spec)
 	for i := range in.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes {
 		a := &in.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes[i]