diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go b/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go
index ae5ec259a..d8d275caa 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go
@@ -1530,6 +1530,9 @@ func buildModSecurityForLocation(cfg config.Configuration, location *ingress.Loc
 %v
 ';
 `, location.ModSecurity.Snippet))
+	} else {
+		buffer.WriteString(`modsecurity_rules_file /etc/nginx/modsecurity/modsecurity.conf;
+`)
 	}
 
 	if location.ModSecurity.TransactionID != "" {
@@ -1537,11 +1540,6 @@ func buildModSecurityForLocation(cfg config.Configuration, location *ingress.Loc
 `, location.ModSecurity.TransactionID))
 	}
 
-	if !isMSEnabled {
-		buffer.WriteString(`modsecurity_rules_file /etc/nginx/modsecurity/modsecurity.conf;
-`)
-	}
-
 	if !cfg.EnableOWASPCoreRules && location.ModSecurity.OWASPRules {
 		buffer.WriteString(`modsecurity_rules_file /etc/nginx/owasp-modsecurity-crs/nginx-modsecurity.conf;
 `)