diff --git a/controllers/nginx_controller_test.go b/controllers/nginx_controller_test.go
index 47656c61..3d0dae32 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/nginx_controller_test.go
@@ -620,6 +620,12 @@ func TestNginxReconciler_reconcileIngress(t *testing.T) {
 				Namespace: "default",
 			},
 			Spec: networkingv1.IngressSpec{
+				DefaultBackend: &networkingv1.IngressBackend{
+					Service: &networkingv1.IngressServiceBackend{
+						Name: "my-nginx-1-service",
+						Port: networkingv1.ServiceBackendPort{Name: "http"},
+					},
+				},
 				IngressClassName: func(s string) *string { return &s }("default-ingress"),
 				Rules: []networkingv1.IngressRule{
 					{
@@ -839,6 +845,12 @@ func TestNginxReconciler_reconcileIngress(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 					},
 					Spec: networkingv1.IngressSpec{
+						DefaultBackend: &networkingv1.IngressBackend{
+							Service: &networkingv1.IngressServiceBackend{
+								Name: "my-nginx-2-service",
+								Port: networkingv1.ServiceBackendPort{Name: "http"},
+							},
+						},
 						TLS: []networkingv1.IngressTLS{
 							{SecretName: "example-com-certs", Hosts: []string{"www.example.com"}},
 						},
diff --git a/pkg/k8s/k8s.go b/pkg/k8s/k8s.go
index 6d2ac375..61a94e8f 100644
--- a/pkg/k8s/k8s.go
+++ b/pkg/k8s/k8s.go
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ func NewIngress(nginx *v1alpha1.Nginx) *networkingv1.Ingress {
 
 	var rules []networkingv1.IngressRule
 	var tls []networkingv1.IngressTLS
+	serviceName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-service", nginx.Name)
+
 	for _, t := range nginx.Spec.TLS {
 		hosts := t.Hosts
 		if len(hosts) == 0 {
@@ -345,7 +347,7 @@ func NewIngress(nginx *v1alpha1.Nginx) *networkingv1.Ingress {
 								PathType: func(pt networkingv1.PathType) *networkingv1.PathType { return &pt }(networkingv1.PathTypePrefix),
 								Backend: networkingv1.IngressBackend{
 									Service: &networkingv1.IngressServiceBackend{
-										Name: fmt.Sprintf("%s-service", nginx.Name),
+										Name: serviceName,
 										Port: networkingv1.ServiceBackendPort{
 											Name: defaultHTTPPortName,
 										},
@@ -364,18 +366,6 @@ func NewIngress(nginx *v1alpha1.Nginx) *networkingv1.Ingress {
 		})
 	}
 
-	var defaultBackend *networkingv1.IngressBackend
-	if len(rules) == 0 {
-		defaultBackend = &networkingv1.IngressBackend{
-			Service: &networkingv1.IngressServiceBackend{
-				Name: fmt.Sprintf("%s-service", nginx.Name),
-				Port: networkingv1.ServiceBackendPort{
-					Name: defaultHTTPPortName,
-				},
-			},
-		}
-	}
-
 	return &networkingv1.Ingress{
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 			APIVersion: "networking.k8s.io/v1",
@@ -398,7 +388,14 @@ func NewIngress(nginx *v1alpha1.Nginx) *networkingv1.Ingress {
 			IngressClassName: ingressClass,
 			Rules:            rules,
 			TLS:              tls,
-			DefaultBackend:   defaultBackend,
+			DefaultBackend: &networkingv1.IngressBackend{
+				Service: &networkingv1.IngressServiceBackend{
+					Name: serviceName,
+					Port: networkingv1.ServiceBackendPort{
+						Name: defaultHTTPPortName,
+					},
+				},
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/k8s/k8s_test.go b/pkg/k8s/k8s_test.go
index 7bdaeef8..796374ad 100644
--- a/pkg/k8s/k8s_test.go
+++ b/pkg/k8s/k8s_test.go
@@ -1767,6 +1767,12 @@ func TestNewIngress(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				Spec: networkingv1.IngressSpec{
+					DefaultBackend: &networkingv1.IngressBackend{
+						Service: &networkingv1.IngressServiceBackend{
+							Name: fmt.Sprintf("%s-service", nginx.Name),
+							Port: networkingv1.ServiceBackendPort{Name: "http"},
+						},
+					},
 					IngressClassName: func(s string) *string { return &s }("custom-class"),
 					Rules: []networkingv1.IngressRule{
 						{