diff --git a/pkg/cli/job/common.go b/pkg/cli/job/common.go
index eab51394294..140dc45d128 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/job/common.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/job/common.go
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 package job
 
 import (
-	"path/filepath"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 type commonFlags struct {
@@ -30,13 +30,11 @@ type commonFlags struct {
 func initFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, cf *commonFlags) {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cf.Master, "master", "s", "", "the address of apiserver")
 
-	if defaultKubeConfigFile := filepath.Join(homeDir(), ".kube", "config"); checkFileExist(defaultKubeConfigFile) {
-		cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cf.Kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "k", defaultKubeConfigFile, "(optional) absolute path to the kubeconfig file")
-	} else if kubeConfig := kubeConfig(); kubeConfig != "" {
-		//Default kubeconfig file is located in $HOME/.kube/config . In case this file does not exist, it will look for $KUBECONFIG instead.
-		cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cf.Kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "k", kubeConfig, "(optional) absolute path to the kubeconfig file")
-	} else {
-		cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cf.Kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "k", "", "(optional) absolute path to the kubeconfig file")
-	}
+	kubeConfFile := os.Getenv("KUBECONFIG")
+	defaultKubeConfigFile := filepath.Join(homeDir(), ".kube", "config")
 
+	if kubeConfFile == "" && fileExist(defaultKubeConfigFile) {
+		kubeConfFile = defaultKubeConfigFile
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cf.Kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "k", kubeConfFile, "(optional) absolute path to the kubeconfig file")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cli/job/util.go b/pkg/cli/job/util.go
index 9e5d77a6699..37c2beb96e0 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/job/util.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/job/util.go
@@ -35,18 +35,10 @@ import (
 	"volcano.sh/volcano/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
 )
 
-func checkFileExist(filePath string) bool {
-	if file, err := os.Stat(filePath); err == nil && !file.IsDir() {
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
-}
+func fileExist(filePath string) bool {
+	fileInfo, err := os.Stat(filePath)
 
-func kubeConfig() string {
-	if config := os.Getenv("KUBECONFIG"); config != "" {
-		return config
-	}
-	return ""
+	return err == nil && !fileInfo.IsDir()
 }
 
 func homeDir() string {