diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main.go
index ac2a287c4..0324d8d90 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main.go
@@ -132,11 +132,6 @@ func (a affinity) cookieAffinityParse(ing *networking.Ingress) *Cookie {
 		klog.V(3).Infof("Invalid or no annotation value found in Ingress %v: %v. Ignoring it", ing.Name, annotationAffinityCookieChangeOnFailure)
 	}
 
-	cookie.ChangeOnFailure, err = parser.GetBoolAnnotation(annotationAffinityCookieChangeOnFailure, ing)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.V(3).Infof("Invalid or no annotation value found in Ingress %v: %v. Ignoring it", ing.Name, annotationAffinityCookieChangeOnFailure)
-	}
-
 	return cookie
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main_test.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main_test.go
index 29c514047..51d92ffb0 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main_test.go
@@ -108,8 +108,4 @@ func TestIngressAffinityCookieConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	if !nginxAffinity.Cookie.ChangeOnFailure {
 		t.Errorf("expected change of failure parameter set to true but returned %v", nginxAffinity.Cookie.ChangeOnFailure)
 	}
-
-	if !nginxAffinity.Cookie.ChangeOnFailure {
-		t.Errorf("expected change of failure parameter set to true but returned %v", nginxAffinity.Cookie.ChangeOnFailure)
-	}
 }