diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-keda.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-keda.yaml
index 2894c7406..6ff9c0b22 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-keda.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-keda.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ metadata:
     {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
     {{- end }}
   name: {{ include "ingress-nginx.controller.fullname" . }}
+  namespace: {{ include "ingress-nginx.namespace" . }}
   {{- if .Values.controller.keda.scaledObject.annotations }}
   annotations: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.keda.scaledObject.annotations | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-prometheusrules.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-prometheusrules.yaml
index ac1e519f6..f0b93cc8c 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-prometheusrules.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-prometheusrules.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ metadata:
   name: {{ include "ingress-nginx.controller.fullname" . }}
 {{- if .Values.controller.metrics.prometheusRule.namespace }}
   namespace: {{ .Values.controller.metrics.prometheusRule.namespace }}
+{{- else }}
+  namespace: {{ include "ingress-nginx.namespace" . }}
 {{- end }}
   labels:
     {{- include "ingress-nginx.labels" . | nindent 4 }}