diff --git a/api/builtins/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go b/api/builtins/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go
index 673a8d3fc..65d8d45f5 100644
--- a/api/builtins/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go
+++ b/api/builtins/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go
@@ -218,7 +218,17 @@ func (p *HelmChartInflationGeneratorPlugin) Generate() (resmap.ResMap, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return p.h.ResmapFactory().NewResMapFromBytes(stdout)
+	rm, rmfErr := p.h.ResmapFactory().NewResMapFromBytes(stdout)
+	if rmfErr == nil {
+		return rm, nil
+	}
+	// try to remove the contents before first "---" because
+	// helm may produce messages to stdout before it
+	stdoutStr := string(stdout)
+	if idx := strings.Index(stdoutStr, "---"); idx != -1 {
+		return p.h.ResmapFactory().NewResMapFromBytes([]byte(stdoutStr[idx:]))
+	}
+	return nil, rmfErr
 }
 
 func (p *HelmChartInflationGeneratorPlugin) getTemplateCommandArgs() []string {
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/helmchartinflationgenerator/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go b/plugin/builtin/helmchartinflationgenerator/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go
index 7c0af7ca7..14f457152 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/helmchartinflationgenerator/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go
+++ b/plugin/builtin/helmchartinflationgenerator/HelmChartInflationGenerator.go
@@ -226,7 +226,17 @@ func (p *HelmChartInflationGeneratorPlugin) Generate() (resmap.ResMap, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return p.h.ResmapFactory().NewResMapFromBytes(stdout)
+	rm, rmfErr := p.h.ResmapFactory().NewResMapFromBytes(stdout)
+	if rmfErr == nil {
+		return rm, nil
+	}
+	// try to remove the contents before first "---" because
+	// helm may produce messages to stdout before it
+	stdoutStr := string(stdout)
+	if idx := strings.Index(stdoutStr, "---"); idx != -1 {
+		return p.h.ResmapFactory().NewResMapFromBytes([]byte(stdoutStr[idx:]))
+	}
+	return nil, rmfErr
 }
 
 func (p *HelmChartInflationGeneratorPlugin) getTemplateCommandArgs() []string {