diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
index c03f290df..ec7ff4df6 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.service.internal.annotations | object | `{}` | Annotations are mandatory for the load balancer to come up. Varies with the cloud service. Values passed through helm tpl engine. |
 | controller.service.internal.enabled | bool | `false` | Enables an additional internal load balancer (besides the external one). |
 | controller.service.internal.loadBalancerIP | string | `""` | Used by cloud providers to connect the resulting internal LoadBalancer to a pre-existing static IP. Make sure to add to the service the needed annotation to specify the subnet which the static IP belongs to. For instance, `networking.gke.io/internal-load-balancer-subnet` for GCP and `service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-subnets` for AWS. |
+| controller.service.internal.type | string | `"LoadBalancer"` | addes the abilaty to have a diffrnet service type for the internal load balancer |
 | controller.service.internal.loadBalancerSourceRanges | list | `[]` | Restrict access For LoadBalancer service. Defaults to 0.0.0.0/0. |
 | controller.service.internal.ports | object | `{}` | Custom port mapping for internal service |
 | controller.service.internal.targetPorts | object | `{}` | Custom target port mapping for internal service |
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service-internal.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service-internal.yaml
index b69a09f67..52fdd7b84 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service-internal.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service-internal.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ metadata:
   name: {{ include "ingress-nginx.controller.fullname" . }}-internal
   namespace: {{ include "ingress-nginx.namespace" . }}
 spec:
-  type: "{{ .Values.controller.service.type }}"
+  type: "{{ .Values.controller.service.internal.type }}"
 {{- if hasKey .Values.controller.service.internal "allocateLoadBalancerNodePorts" }}
   allocateLoadBalancerNodePorts: {{ .Values.controller.service.internal.allocateLoadBalancerNodePorts }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index c1e89d777..1277e63aa 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ controller:
       # allocateLoadBalancerNodePorts: true
       # -- Used by cloud providers to connect the resulting internal LoadBalancer to a pre-existing static IP. Make sure to add to the service the needed annotation to specify the subnet which the static IP belongs to. For instance, `networking.gke.io/internal-load-balancer-subnet` for GCP and `service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-subnets` for AWS.
       loadBalancerIP: ""
+      type: LoadBalancer
       # -- Restrict access For LoadBalancer service. Defaults to 0.0.0.0/0.
       loadBalancerSourceRanges: []
       ## Set external traffic policy to: "Local" to preserve source IP on