diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/location.go b/internal/ingress/controller/location.go
index 556fafc6b..e6b6c44bd 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/location.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/location.go
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ func updateServerLocations(locations []*ingress.Location) []*ingress.Location {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		location.IngressPath = location.Path
+
 		// only Prefix locations could require an additional location block
 		if *location.PathType != pathTypePrefix {
 			newLocations = append(newLocations, location)
diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go b/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go
index 0529369fe..3a6f02c64 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go
@@ -809,6 +809,7 @@ func isValidByteSize(input interface{}, isOffset bool) bool {
 
 type ingressInformation struct {
 	Namespace   string
+	Path        string
 	Rule        string
 	Service     string
 	ServicePort string
@@ -848,7 +849,7 @@ func getIngressInformation(i, h, p interface{}) *ingressInformation {
 		return &ingressInformation{}
 	}
 
-	path, ok := p.(string)
+	ingressPath, ok := p.(string)
 	if !ok {
 		klog.Errorf("expected a 'string' type but %T was returned", p)
 		return &ingressInformation{}
@@ -862,6 +863,12 @@ func getIngressInformation(i, h, p interface{}) *ingressInformation {
 		Namespace:   ing.GetNamespace(),
 		Rule:        ing.GetName(),
 		Annotations: ing.Annotations,
+		Path:        ingressPath,
+	}
+
+	if ingressPath == "" {
+		ingressPath = "/"
+		info.Path = "/"
 	}
 
 	if ing.Spec.Backend != nil {
@@ -890,7 +897,7 @@ func getIngressInformation(i, h, p interface{}) *ingressInformation {
 		}
 
 		for _, rPath := range rule.HTTP.Paths {
-			if path != rPath.Path {
+			if ingressPath != rPath.Path {
 				continue
 			}
 
diff --git a/internal/ingress/types.go b/internal/ingress/types.go
index 35b574f8c..1be42cf74 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/types.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/types.go
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ type Location struct {
 	IsDefBackend bool `json:"isDefBackend"`
 	// Ingress returns the ingress from which this location was generated
 	Ingress *Ingress `json:"ingress"`
+	// IngressPath original path defined in the ingress rule
+	IngressPath string `json:"ingressPath"`
 	// Backend describes the name of the backend to use.
 	Backend string `json:"backend"`
 	// Service describes the referenced services from the ingress
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index b2f4543e5..b37cfe7b4 100755
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -1079,12 +1079,12 @@ stream {
         {{ end }}
 
         location {{ $path }} {
-            {{ $ing := (getIngressInformation $location.Ingress $server.Hostname $location.Path) }}
+            {{ $ing := (getIngressInformation $location.Ingress $server.Hostname $location.IngressPath) }}
             set $namespace      {{ $ing.Namespace | quote}};
             set $ingress_name   {{ $ing.Rule | quote }};
             set $service_name   {{ $ing.Service | quote }};
             set $service_port   {{ $ing.ServicePort | quote }};
-            set $location_path  {{ $location.Path | escapeLiteralDollar | quote }};
+            set $location_path  {{ $ing.Path | escapeLiteralDollar | quote }};
 
             {{ buildOpentracingForLocation $all.Cfg.EnableOpentracing $location }}