diff --git a/doc/configuration.md b/doc/configuration.md
index 5bf3eaa8b..bcc5a91f8 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.md
+++ b/doc/configuration.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ User should chose following parameters combination (`clusterNetwork`+`defaultNet
 
 Multus will find network for clusterNetwork/defaultNetworks as following sequences:
 
-1. CRD object for given network name
+1. CRD object for given network name, in 'default' namespace
 1. CNI json config file in `confDir`. Given name should be without extention, like .conf/.conflist. (e.g. "test" for "test.conf")
 1. Directory for CNI json config file. Multus will find alphabetically first file for the network
 1. Multus failed to find network. Multus raise error message
diff --git a/k8sclient/k8sclient.go b/k8sclient/k8sclient.go
index 9080f00b5..d2dde5f7e 100644
--- a/k8sclient/k8sclient.go
+++ b/k8sclient/k8sclient.go
@@ -621,13 +621,15 @@ func GetDefaultNetworks(k8sArgs *types.K8sArgs, conf *types.NetConf, kubeClient
 	delegate.MasterPlugin = true
 	delegates = append(delegates, delegate)
 
-	//need to revisit
-	for _, netname := range conf.DefaultNetworks {
-		delegate, err := getNetDelegate(kubeClient, netname, conf.ConfDir)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
+	// Pod in kube-system namespace does not have default network for now.
+	if string(k8sArgs.K8S_POD_NAMESPACE) != "kube-system" {
+		for _, netname := range conf.DefaultNetworks {
+			delegate, err := getNetDelegate(kubeClient, netname, conf.ConfDir)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			delegates = append(delegates, delegate)
 		}
-		delegates = append(delegates, delegate)
 	}
 
 	if err = conf.AddDelegates(delegates); err != nil {
diff --git a/k8sclient/k8sclient_test.go b/k8sclient/k8sclient_test.go
index 24e20a673..153eb9d9a 100644
--- a/k8sclient/k8sclient_test.go
+++ b/k8sclient/k8sclient_test.go
@@ -308,6 +308,74 @@ var _ = Describe("k8sclient operations", func() {
 		Expect(netConf.Delegates[0].Conf.Type).To(Equal("mynet"))
 	})
 
+	It("retrieves default networks from CRD", func() {
+		fakePod := testutils.NewFakePod("testpod", "", "")
+		conf := `{
+			"name":"node-cni-network",
+			"type":"multus",
+			"clusterNetwork": "myCRD1",
+			"defaultNetworks": ["myCRD2"],
+			"kubeconfig":"/etc/kubernetes/node-kubeconfig.yaml"
+		}`
+		netConf, err := types.LoadNetConf([]byte(conf))
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		args := &skel.CmdArgs{
+			Args: fmt.Sprintf("K8S_POD_NAME=%s;K8S_POD_NAMESPACE=%s", fakePod.ObjectMeta.Name, fakePod.ObjectMeta.Namespace),
+		}
+
+		fKubeClient := testutils.NewFakeKubeClient()
+		fKubeClient.AddPod(fakePod)
+		fKubeClient.AddNetConfig("default", "myCRD1", "{\"type\": \"mynet\"}")
+		fKubeClient.AddNetConfig("default", "myCRD2", "{\"type\": \"mynet2\"}")
+		kubeClient, err := GetK8sClient("", fKubeClient)
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		k8sArgs, err := GetK8sArgs(args)
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		err = GetDefaultNetworks(k8sArgs, netConf, kubeClient)
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(len(netConf.Delegates)).To(Equal(2))
+		Expect(netConf.Delegates[0].Conf.Name).To(Equal("myCRD1"))
+		Expect(netConf.Delegates[0].Conf.Type).To(Equal("mynet"))
+		Expect(netConf.Delegates[1].Conf.Name).To(Equal("myCRD2"))
+		Expect(netConf.Delegates[1].Conf.Type).To(Equal("mynet2"))
+	})
+
+	It("ignore default networks from CRD in case of kube-system namespace", func() {
+		fakePod := testutils.NewFakePod("testpod", "", "")
+		// overwrite namespace
+		fakePod.ObjectMeta.Namespace = "kube-system"
+		conf := `{
+			"name":"node-cni-network",
+			"type":"multus",
+			"clusterNetwork": "myCRD1",
+			"defaultNetworks": ["myCRD2"],
+			"kubeconfig":"/etc/kubernetes/node-kubeconfig.yaml"
+		}`
+		netConf, err := types.LoadNetConf([]byte(conf))
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		args := &skel.CmdArgs{
+			Args: fmt.Sprintf("K8S_POD_NAME=%s;K8S_POD_NAMESPACE=%s", fakePod.ObjectMeta.Name, fakePod.ObjectMeta.Namespace),
+		}
+
+		fKubeClient := testutils.NewFakeKubeClient()
+		fKubeClient.AddPod(fakePod)
+		fKubeClient.AddNetConfig("default", "myCRD1", "{\"type\": \"mynet\"}")
+		fKubeClient.AddNetConfig("default", "myCRD2", "{\"type\": \"mynet2\"}")
+		kubeClient, err := GetK8sClient("", fKubeClient)
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		k8sArgs, err := GetK8sArgs(args)
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		err = GetDefaultNetworks(k8sArgs, netConf, kubeClient)
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(len(netConf.Delegates)).To(Equal(1))
+		Expect(netConf.Delegates[0].Conf.Name).To(Equal("myCRD1"))
+		Expect(netConf.Delegates[0].Conf.Type).To(Equal("mynet"))
+	})
+
 	It("retrieves cluster network from file", func() {
 		fakePod := testutils.NewFakePod("testpod", "", "")
 		conf := `{