diff --git a/cmd/kubernetesDeploy.go b/cmd/kubernetesDeploy.go
index 9baf5b200..32de236fe 100644
--- a/cmd/kubernetesDeploy.go
+++ b/cmd/kubernetesDeploy.go
@@ -554,6 +554,9 @@ func defineDeploymentValues(config kubernetesDeployOptions, containerRegistry st
 
 			dv.add(createKey("image", key, "repository"), fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v", containerRegistry, name))
 			dv.add(createKey("image", key, "tag"), tag)
+			// usable for subcharts:
+			dv.add(createKey(key, "image", "repository"), fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v", containerRegistry, name))
+			dv.add(createKey(key, "image", "tag"), tag)
 
 			if len(config.ImageNames) == 1 {
 				dv.singleImage = true
diff --git a/cmd/kubernetesDeploy_test.go b/cmd/kubernetesDeploy_test.go
index 9ab6a90b8..81b3008ca 100644
--- a/cmd/kubernetesDeploy_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubernetesDeploy_test.go
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ func TestRunKubernetesDeploy(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.Equal(t, "helm", mockUtils.Calls[1].Exec, "Wrong upgrade command")
 
-		assert.Contains(t, mockUtils.Calls[1].Params, `image.myImage.repository=my.registry:55555/myImage,image.myImage.tag=myTag,image.myImage_sub1.repository=my.registry:55555/myImage-sub1,image.myImage_sub1.tag=myTag,image.myImage_sub2.repository=my.registry:55555/myImage-sub2,image.myImage_sub2.tag=myTag,secret.name=testSecret,secret.dockerconfigjson=ThisIsOurBase64EncodedSecret==,imagePullSecrets[0].name=testSecret`, "Wrong upgrade parameters")
+		assert.Contains(t, mockUtils.Calls[1].Params, `image.myImage.repository=my.registry:55555/myImage,image.myImage.tag=myTag,myImage.image.repository=my.registry:55555/myImage,myImage.image.tag=myTag,image.myImage_sub1.repository=my.registry:55555/myImage-sub1,image.myImage_sub1.tag=myTag,myImage_sub1.image.repository=my.registry:55555/myImage-sub1,myImage_sub1.image.tag=myTag,image.myImage_sub2.repository=my.registry:55555/myImage-sub2,image.myImage_sub2.tag=myTag,myImage_sub2.image.repository=my.registry:55555/myImage-sub2,myImage_sub2.image.tag=myTag,secret.name=testSecret,secret.dockerconfigjson=ThisIsOurBase64EncodedSecret==,imagePullSecrets[0].name=testSecret`, "Wrong upgrade parameters")
 
 	})
 
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ func TestRunKubernetesDeploy(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.Equal(t, "helm", mockUtils.Calls[1].Exec, "Wrong upgrade command")
 
-		assert.Contains(t, mockUtils.Calls[1].Params, `image.myImage.repository=my.registry:55555/myImage,image.myImage.tag=myTag,image.repository=my.registry:55555/myImage,image.tag=myTag,secret.name=testSecret,secret.dockerconfigjson=ThisIsOurBase64EncodedSecret==,imagePullSecrets[0].name=testSecret`, "Wrong upgrade parameters")
+		assert.Contains(t, mockUtils.Calls[1].Params, `image.myImage.repository=my.registry:55555/myImage,image.myImage.tag=myTag,myImage.image.repository=my.registry:55555/myImage,myImage.image.tag=myTag,image.repository=my.registry:55555/myImage,image.tag=myTag,secret.name=testSecret,secret.dockerconfigjson=ThisIsOurBase64EncodedSecret==,imagePullSecrets[0].name=testSecret`, "Wrong upgrade parameters")
 
 	})
 
@@ -867,7 +867,8 @@ func TestRunKubernetesDeploy(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Contains(t, mockUtils.Calls[1].Params[pos], "image.myImage_sub1.repository=my.registry:55555/myImage-sub1", "Missing update parameter")
 		assert.Contains(t, mockUtils.Calls[1].Params[pos], "image.myImage_sub1.tag=myTag", "Missing update parameter")
 		assert.Contains(t, mockUtils.Calls[1].Params[pos], "image.myImage_sub2.repository=my.registry:55555/myImage-sub2", "Missing update parameter")
-		assert.Contains(t, mockUtils.Calls[1].Params[pos], "image.myImage_sub2.tag=myTag,secret.name=testSecret,secret.dockerconfigjson=ThisIsOurBase64EncodedSecret==", "Missing update parameter")
+		assert.Contains(t, mockUtils.Calls[1].Params[pos], "image.myImage_sub2.tag=myTag")
+		assert.Contains(t, mockUtils.Calls[1].Params[pos], "secret.name=testSecret,secret.dockerconfigjson=ThisIsOurBase64EncodedSecret==", "Missing update parameter")
 		assert.Contains(t, mockUtils.Calls[1].Params[pos], "imagePullSecrets[0].name=testSecret", "Missing update parameter")
 		assert.Contains(t, mockUtils.Calls[1].Params[pos], "subchart.image.registry=my.registry:55555/myImage", "Missing update parameter")
 		assert.Contains(t, mockUtils.Calls[1].Params[pos], "subchart.image.tag=myTag", "Missing update parameter")