diff --git a/pkg/multuscniconfig/multusconfig_informer.go b/pkg/multuscniconfig/multusconfig_informer.go
index 1434e216cc..9a1aebd5c7 100644
--- a/pkg/multuscniconfig/multusconfig_informer.go
+++ b/pkg/multuscniconfig/multusconfig_informer.go
@@ -278,12 +278,12 @@ func (mcc *MultusConfigController) syncHandler(ctx context.Context, multusConfig
 	}
 
 	newNetAttachDef, err := generateNetAttachDef(netAttachName, multusConfig)
-	if nil != err {
+	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to generate net-attach-def, error: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	err = controllerutil.SetControllerReference(multusConfig, newNetAttachDef, mcc.client.Scheme())
-	if nil != err {
+	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set net-attach-def %s owner reference with MultusConfig %s/%s, error: %w",
 			newNetAttachDef.Name, multusConfig.Namespace, multusConfig.Name, err)
 	}
@@ -339,12 +339,24 @@ func (mcc *MultusConfigController) syncHandler(ctx context.Context, multusConfig
 }
 
 func generateNetAttachDef(netAttachName string, multusConf *spiderpoolv2beta1.SpiderMultusConfig) (*netv1.NetworkAttachmentDefinition, error) {
-	multusConfSpec := multusConf.Spec.DeepCopy()
+	netAttachDef := &netv1.NetworkAttachmentDefinition{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      netAttachName,
+			Namespace: multusConf.Namespace,
+		},
+	}
+
 	anno := multusConf.Annotations
 	if anno == nil {
 		anno = make(map[string]string)
 	}
 
+	emptySpec := spiderpoolv2beta1.MultusCNIConfigSpec{}
+	if multusConf.Spec == emptySpec {
+		return netAttachDef, nil
+	}
+
+	multusConfSpec := multusConf.Spec.DeepCopy()
 	var plugins []interface{}
 
 	// with Kubernetes OpenAPI validation, multusConfSpec.EnableCoordinator must not be nil
@@ -444,13 +456,7 @@ func generateNetAttachDef(netAttachName string, multusConf *spiderpoolv2beta1.Sp
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: unrecognized CNI type %s", constant.ErrWrongInput, multusConfSpec.CniType)
 	}
 
-	netAttachDef := &netv1.NetworkAttachmentDefinition{
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:        netAttachName,
-			Namespace:   multusConf.Namespace,
-			Annotations: anno,
-		},
-	}
+	netAttachDef.ObjectMeta.Annotations = anno
 	if len(confStr) > 0 {
 		netAttachDef.Spec = netv1.NetworkAttachmentDefinitionSpec{
 			Config: confStr,
diff --git a/test/doc/spidermultus.md b/test/doc/spidermultus.md
index 6ead5488af..f27c711ccb 100644
--- a/test/doc/spidermultus.md
+++ b/test/doc/spidermultus.md
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@
 | M00023  | vlan is not in the range of 0-4094 and will not be created                                                                                              | p3     |       |  done  |       |
 | M00024  | set disableIPAM to true and see if multus's nad has ipam config                                                                                         | p3     |       |  done  |       |
 | M00025  | set sriov.enableRdma to true and see if multus's nad has rdma config                                                                                    | p3     |       |    |       |
+| M00026  | set spidermultusconfig.spec to empty and see if works                                                                                                   | p3     |       |    |       |
diff --git a/test/scripts/install-multus.sh b/test/scripts/install-multus.sh
index abcc2c0d6f..65051cdf69 100755
--- a/test/scripts/install-multus.sh
+++ b/test/scripts/install-multus.sh
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ spec:
     | sed 's?<<DEFAULT_IPV4_IPPOOLS>>?vlan200-v4?g' \
     | sed 's?<<DEFAULT_IPV6_IPPOOLS>>?vlan200-v6?g' \
     | kubectl apply --kubeconfig ${E2E_KUBECONFIG} -f -
+
 }
 
 
@@ -233,6 +234,7 @@ Install::SpiderpoolCR
 
 kubectl get spidercoordinator default -o yaml --kubeconfig ${E2E_KUBECONFIG}
 kubectl get sp -o wide --kubeconfig ${E2E_KUBECONFIG}
+kubectl get spidermultusconfig -n kube-system --kubeconfig ${E2E_KUBECONFIG}
 kubectl get network-attachment-definitions.k8s.cni.cncf.io --kubeconfig ${E2E_KUBECONFIG} -n kube-system -o yaml
 
 echo "$CURRENT_FILENAME : done"
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