diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/nginx.go b/internal/ingress/controller/nginx.go
index 4f84a74e8..391c4eea6 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/nginx.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/nginx.go
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	ngxHealthPath = "/healthz"
+	ngxHealthPath     = "/healthz"
+	nginxStreamSocket = "/tmp/ingress-stream.sock"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -794,13 +795,6 @@ func configureDynamically(pcfg *ingress.Configuration, port int, isDynamicCertif
 		return err
 	}
 
-	streamSocket := "/tmp/ingress-stream.sock"
-	conn, err := net.Dial("unix", streamSocket)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer conn.Close()
-
 	streams := make([]ingress.Backend, 0)
 	for _, ep := range pcfg.TCPEndpoints {
 		key := fmt.Sprintf("tcp-%v-%v-%v", ep.Backend.Namespace, ep.Backend.Name, ep.Backend.Port.String())
@@ -819,6 +813,28 @@ func configureDynamically(pcfg *ingress.Configuration, port int, isDynamicCertif
 		})
 	}
 
+	err = updateStreamConfiguration(streams)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if isDynamicCertificatesEnabled {
+		err = configureCertificates(pcfg, port)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func updateStreamConfiguration(streams []ingress.Backend) error {
+	conn, err := net.Dial("unix", nginxStreamSocket)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
 	buf, err := json.Marshal(streams)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -832,14 +848,6 @@ func configureDynamically(pcfg *ingress.Configuration, port int, isDynamicCertif
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	defer conn.Close()
-
-	if isDynamicCertificatesEnabled {
-		err = configureCertificates(pcfg, port)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/nginx_test.go b/internal/ingress/controller/nginx_test.go
index e2a815c85..b18cb1a92 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/nginx_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/nginx_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
 	apiv1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -146,7 +147,33 @@ func TestIsDynamicConfigurationEnough(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func mockUnixSocket(t *testing.T) net.Listener {
+	l, err := net.Listen("unix", nginxStreamSocket)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating unix socket: %v", err)
+	}
+	if l == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected a listener but none returned")
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			conn, err := l.Accept()
+			if err != nil {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+			defer conn.Close()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	return l
+}
 func TestConfigureDynamically(t *testing.T) {
+	l := mockUnixSocket(t)
+	defer l.Close()
+
 	target := &apiv1.ObjectReference{}
 
 	backends := []*ingress.Backend{{
diff --git a/internal/ingress/types_equals.go b/internal/ingress/types_equals.go
index 64cf268ff..5b1808c92 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/types_equals.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/types_equals.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ func (c1 *Configuration) Equal(c2 *Configuration) bool {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
+
 	if len(c1.UDPEndpoints) != len(c2.UDPEndpoints) {
 		return false
 	}
@@ -83,10 +84,10 @@ func (c1 *Configuration) Equal(c2 *Configuration) bool {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
+
 	if len(c1.PassthroughBackends) != len(c2.PassthroughBackends) {
 		return false
 	}
-
 	for _, ptb1 := range c1.PassthroughBackends {
 		found := false
 		for _, ptb2 := range c2.PassthroughBackends {
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/tcp_udp_balancer.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/tcp_udp_balancer.lua
index 2c09224c0..75d29c5bd 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/tcp_udp_balancer.lua
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/tcp_udp_balancer.lua
@@ -148,14 +148,7 @@ function _M.balance()
     return
   end
 
-  local ctx = ngx.ctx
-  if not ctx.has_run then
-    ctx.has_run = true
-    local _, err = ngx_balancer.set_more_tries(1)
-    if err then
-      ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "failed to set more tries: ", err)
-    end
-  end
+  ngx_balancer.set_more_tries(1)
 
   local ok, err = ngx_balancer.set_current_peer(peer)
   if not ok then
diff --git a/test/e2e/tcpudp/tcp.go b/test/e2e/tcpudp/tcp.go
index f5f481c8f..5391d0488 100644
--- a/test/e2e/tcpudp/tcp.go
+++ b/test/e2e/tcpudp/tcp.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("TCP Feature", func() {
 		resp, _, errs := gorequest.New().
 			Get(fmt.Sprintf("http://%v:%v", ip, port)).
 			End()
-		Expect(len(errs)).Should(BeNumerically("==", 0))
+		Expect(len(errs)).Should(BeEmpty())
 		Expect(resp.StatusCode).Should(Equal(200))
 	})
 })