diff --git a/controllers/operandbindinfo/operandbindinfo_controller.go b/controllers/operandbindinfo/operandbindinfo_controller.go
index 66067532..2c1bab9c 100644
--- a/controllers/operandbindinfo/operandbindinfo_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/operandbindinfo/operandbindinfo_controller.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package operandbindinfo
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ import (
 	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/util/jsonpath"
 	"k8s.io/klog"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/builder"
@@ -677,25 +675,10 @@ func sanitizeOdlmRouteData(m map[string]string, route ocproute.RouteSpec) (map[s
 //     stringified
 func sanitizeServiceData(m map[string]string, service corev1.Service) (map[string]string, error) {
 	sanitized := make(map[string]string, len(m))
-	jpath := jsonpath.New("sanitizeServiceData")
 	for k, v := range m {
-		trueValue := ""
-		stringParts := strings.Split(v, "+")
-		for _, s := range stringParts {
-			actual := s
-			if strings.HasPrefix(s, ".") {
-				if len(s) > 1 {
-					if err := jpath.Parse("{" + s + "}"); err != nil {
-						return nil, err
-					}
-					buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-					if err := jpath.Execute(buf, service); err != nil {
-						return nil, err
-					}
-					actual = buf.String()
-				}
-			}
-			trueValue += actual
+		trueValue, err := util.SanitizeObjectString(v, service)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
 		sanitized[k] = trueValue
 	}
diff --git a/controllers/operator/manager.go b/controllers/operator/manager.go
index 3dbb3115..4848d98c 100644
--- a/controllers/operator/manager.go
+++ b/controllers/operator/manager.go
@@ -672,13 +672,11 @@ func (m *ODLMOperator) GetValueRefFromObject(ctx context.Context, instanceType,
 		return "", nil
 	}
 
-	value, ok, err := unstructured.NestedString(obj.Object, strings.Split(path, ".")...)
+	sanitizedString, err := util.SanitizeObjectString(path, obj.Object)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to parse path %v from %s %s/%s", path, obj.GetKind(), obj.GetNamespace(), obj.GetName())
-	} else if !ok {
-		return "", errors.Errorf("failed to get path %v from %s %s/%s, the value is not found", path, obj.GetKind(), obj.GetNamespace(), obj.GetName())
 	}
 
-	klog.V(2).Infof("Get value %s from %s %s/%s", value, objKind, obj.GetNamespace(), obj.GetName())
-	return value, nil
+	klog.V(2).Infof("Get value %s from %s %s/%s", sanitizedString, objKind, obj.GetNamespace(), obj.GetName())
+	return sanitizedString, nil
 }
diff --git a/controllers/util/util.go b/controllers/util/util.go
index a17bf799..5846d374 100644
--- a/controllers/util/util.go
+++ b/controllers/util/util.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package util
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/util/jsonpath"
 )
 
 type TemplateValueRef struct {
@@ -286,3 +288,33 @@ func CompareSecret(secret *corev1.Secret, existingSecret *corev1.Secret) (needUp
 func CompareConfigMap(configMap *corev1.ConfigMap, existingConfigMap *corev1.ConfigMap) (needUpdate bool) {
 	return !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(configMap.GetLabels(), existingConfigMap.GetLabels()) || !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(configMap.Data, existingConfigMap.Data) || !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(configMap.BinaryData, existingConfigMap.BinaryData)
 }
+
+// SanitizeObjectString takes a string, i.e. .metadata.namespace, and a K8s object
+// and returns a string got from K8s object. The required string
+// is sanitized because the values are YAML fields in a K8s object.
+// Ensures that:
+//  1. the field actually exists, otherwise returns an error
+//  2. extracts the value from the K8s Service's field, the value will be
+//     stringified
+func SanitizeObjectString(jsonPath string, data interface{}) (string, error) {
+	jpath := jsonpath.New("sanitizeObjectData")
+	stringParts := strings.Split(jsonPath, "+")
+	sanitized := ""
+	for _, s := range stringParts {
+		actual := s
+		if strings.HasPrefix(s, ".") {
+			if len(s) > 1 {
+				if err := jpath.Parse("{" + s + "}"); err != nil {
+					return "", err
+				}
+				buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+				if err := jpath.Execute(buf, data); err != nil {
+					return "", err
+				}
+				actual = buf.String()
+			}
+		}
+		sanitized += actual
+	}
+	return sanitized, nil
+}