diff --git a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/create-external-cluster-resources.py b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/create-external-cluster-resources.py
index 104a434a2d5dc..4a8cd69d318c7 100644
--- a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/create-external-cluster-resources.py
+++ b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/create-external-cluster-resources.py
@@ -473,13 +473,6 @@ def gen_json_out(self):
                     "pool": self.out_map['RBD_POOL_NAME']
                 }
             },
-            {
-                "name": "ceph-rgw",
-                "kind": "StorageClass",
-                "data": {
-                    "endpoint": self.out_map['RGW_ENDPOINT']
-                }
-            },
             {
                 "name": "monitoring-endpoint",
                 "kind": "CephCluster",
@@ -500,6 +493,16 @@ def gen_json_out(self):
                             "pool": self.out_map['CEPHFS_POOL_NAME']
                         }
             })
+        # if 'RGW_ENDPOINT' exists, then only add 'ceph-rgw' StorageClass
+        if self.out_map['RGW_ENDPOINT']:
+            json_out.append(
+                    {
+                        "name": "ceph-rgw",
+                        "kind": "StorageClass",
+                        "data": {
+                            "endpoint": self.out_map['RGW_ENDPOINT']
+                        }
+            })
         return json.dumps(json_out)+LINESEP
 
     def main(self):