diff --git a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/KyuubiSparkUtil.scala b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/KyuubiSparkUtil.scala
index 065d5ff57..48760bda9 100644
--- a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/KyuubiSparkUtil.scala
+++ b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/KyuubiSparkUtil.scala
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ object KyuubiSparkUtil extends Logging {
   def engineUrl: String = globalSparkContext.getConf.getOption(
     "spark.org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.webproxy.amfilter.AmIpFilter.param.PROXY_URI_BASES")
     .orElse(globalSparkContext.uiWebUrl).getOrElse("")
+  def deployMode(sc: SparkContext): String = {
+    if (sc.getConf.getBoolean("spark.kubernetes.submitInDriver", false)) {
+      "cluster"
+    } else {
+      sc.deployMode
+    }
+  }
 
   lazy val diagnostics: String = {
     val sc = globalSparkContext
@@ -67,7 +74,7 @@ object KyuubiSparkUtil extends Logging {
        |                 application ID: $engineId
        |                 application web UI: $engineUrl
        |                 master: ${sc.master}
-       |                 deploy mode: ${sc.deployMode}
+       |                 deploy mode: ${deployMode(sc)}
        |                 version: ${sc.version}
        |           Start time: ${LocalDateTime.ofInstant(Instant.ofEpochMilli(sc.startTime), ZoneId.systemDefault)}
        |           User: ${sc.sparkUser}""".stripMargin