diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/cluster_info.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/cluster_info.py
index 0011db7a..90361eda 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/cluster_info.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/cluster_info.py
@@ -394,6 +394,14 @@ class ClusterInfo:
             result.append(pv)
         return result
 
+    def _any_service_has_host_network(self):
+        for pod_name in self.parsed_pod_yaml_map:
+            pod = self.parsed_pod_yaml_map[pod_name]
+            for svc in pod.get("services", {}).values():
+                if svc.get("network_mode") == "host":
+                    return True
+        return False
+
     # TODO: put things like image pull policy into an object-scope struct
     def get_deployment(self, image_pull_policy: Optional[str] = None):
         containers = []
@@ -568,14 +576,7 @@ class ClusterInfo:
                     )
                 )
 
-        # Check if any compose service declares network_mode: host
-        use_host_network = False
-        for pod_name in self.parsed_pod_yaml_map:
-            pod = self.parsed_pod_yaml_map[pod_name]
-            for svc in pod.get("services", {}).values():
-                if svc.get("network_mode") == "host":
-                    use_host_network = True
-                    break
+        use_host_network = self._any_service_has_host_network()
 
         template = client.V1PodTemplateSpec(
             metadata=client.V1ObjectMeta(annotations=annotations, labels=labels),