diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/store/store.go b/internal/ingress/controller/store/store.go
index 6452c1bbc..c3f93784d 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/store/store.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/store/store.go
@@ -507,7 +507,8 @@ func New(checkOCSP bool,
 	store.informers.Service.AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{})
 
 	// do not wait for informers to read the configmap configuration
-	cm, err := client.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(namespace).Get(configmap, metav1.GetOptions{})
+	ns, name, _ := k8s.ParseNameNS(configmap)
+	cm, err := client.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(ns).Get(name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Warningf("Unexpected error reading configuration configmap: %v", err)
 	}