diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/alias/main_test.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/alias/main_test.go
index 6860c6cb6..e212f3cf4 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/alias/main_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/alias/main_test.go
@@ -36,18 +36,20 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	testCases := []struct {
-		annotations map[string]string
-		expected    []string
-		wantErr     bool
+		annotations    map[string]string
+		expected       []string
+		skipValidation bool
+		wantErr        bool
 	}{
-		{map[string]string{annotation: "a.com, b.com, ,    c.com"}, []string{"a.com", "b.com", "c.com"}, false},
-		{map[string]string{annotation: "www.example.com"}, []string{"www.example.com"}, false},
-		{map[string]string{annotation: "*.example.com,www.example.*"}, []string{"*.example.com", "www.example.*"}, false},
-		{map[string]string{annotation: `~^www\d+\.example\.com$`}, []string{`~^www\d+\.example\.com$`}, false},
-		{map[string]string{annotation: `www.xpto;lala`}, []string{}, true},
-		{map[string]string{annotation: ""}, []string{}, true},
-		{map[string]string{}, []string{}, true},
-		{nil, []string{}, true},
+		{map[string]string{annotation: "a.com, b.com, ,    c.com"}, []string{"a.com", "b.com", "c.com"}, false, false},
+		{map[string]string{annotation: "www.example.com"}, []string{"www.example.com"}, false, false},
+		{map[string]string{annotation: "*.example.com,www.example.*"}, []string{"*.example.com", "www.example.*"}, false, false},
+		{map[string]string{annotation: `~^www\d+\.example\.com$`}, []string{`~^www\d+\.example\.com$`}, false, false},
+		{map[string]string{annotation: `www.xpto;lala`}, []string{}, false, true},
+		{map[string]string{annotation: `www.xpto;lala`}, []string{"www.xpto;lala"}, true, false}, // When we skip validation no error should happen
+		{map[string]string{annotation: ""}, []string{}, false, true},
+		{map[string]string{}, []string{}, false, true},
+		{nil, []string{}, false, true},
 	}
 
 	ing := &networking.Ingress{
@@ -60,6 +62,12 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, testCase := range testCases {
 		ing.SetAnnotations(testCase.annotations)
+		if testCase.skipValidation {
+			parser.DisableAnnotationValidation = true
+		}
+		defer func() {
+			parser.DisableAnnotationValidation = false
+		}()
 		result, err := ap.Parse(ing)
 		if (err != nil) != testCase.wantErr {
 			t.Errorf("ParseAliasAnnotation() annotation: %s, error = %v, wantErr %v", testCase.annotations, err, testCase.wantErr)
diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/parser/validators.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/parser/validators.go
index f9ac5f6d0..73154cf0a 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/parser/validators.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/parser/validators.go
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func checkAnnotation(name string, ing *networking.Ingress, fields AnnotationFiel
 			}
 		}
 		// We don't run validation against empty values
-		if annotationValue != "" && !DisableAnnotationValidation {
+		if !DisableAnnotationValidation && annotationValue != "" {
 			if err := validateFunc(annotationValue); err != nil {
 				klog.Warningf("validation error on ingress %s/%s: annotation %s contains invalid value %s", ing.GetNamespace(), ing.GetName(), name, annotationValue)
 				return "", ing_errors.NewValidationError(annotationFullName)