diff --git a/asconfig/conffilereader.go b/asconfig/conffilereader.go
index e8d53a0..28754f9 100644
--- a/asconfig/conffilereader.go
+++ b/asconfig/conffilereader.go
@@ -266,7 +266,9 @@ func process(log logr.Logger, scanner *bufio.Scanner, conf Conf) (Conf, error) {
 		// Except end of section there should
 		// be atleast 2 tokens
 		if len(tok) < 2 {
-			if isSpecialOrNormalBoolField(tok[0]) {
+			// if enable benchmark presence is
+			// enable
+			if isSpecialBoolField(tok[0]) || isSpecialOrNormalBoolField(tok[0]) {
 				conf[tok[0]] = true
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/asconfig/conffilewriter.go b/asconfig/conffilewriter.go
index d33de3a..2c947e1 100644
--- a/asconfig/conffilewriter.go
+++ b/asconfig/conffilewriter.go
@@ -197,16 +197,16 @@ func writeListField(
 	}
 }
 
-func writeSpecialBoolField(buf *bytes.Buffer, key string, indent int) {
-	buf.WriteString(indentString(indent) + key + "\n")
-}
-
 func writeField(buf *bytes.Buffer, key, value string, indent int) {
 	switch {
 	case isFormField(key):
 		return
 	case isEmptyField(key, value):
 		return
+	case isSpecialBoolField(key):
+		if strings.EqualFold(value, "false") {
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	buf.WriteString(indentString(indent) + key + "    " + value + "\n")
diff --git a/asconfig/utils.go b/asconfig/utils.go
index 348c402..117f535 100644
--- a/asconfig/utils.go
+++ b/asconfig/utils.go
@@ -677,6 +677,24 @@ func isSpecialOrNormalBoolField(key string) bool {
 	return key == "run-as-daemon"
 }
 
+// isSpecialBoolField returns true if the passed key
+// in aerospike config is boolean type field but does not
+// need true or false in config file. Their mere presence
+// config file is true/false.
+// e.g. namespace and storage level benchmark fields
+func isSpecialBoolField(key string) bool {
+	switch key {
+	case "enable-benchmarks-batch-sub", "enable-benchmarks-read",
+		"enable-benchmarks-udf", "enable-benchmarks-write",
+		"enable-benchmarks-udf-sub", "enable-benchmarks-storage",
+		"enable-benchmarks-fabric", "enable-benchmarks-ops-sub":
+		return true
+
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
 // isSpecialStringField returns true if the passed key
 // in aerospike config is string type field but can have
 // bool value also