diff --git a/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index 88e40c291..c49ab8d93 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ http {
     server_names_hash_bucket_size   {{ $cfg.ServerNameHashBucketSize }};
     map_hash_bucket_size            {{ $cfg.MapHashBucketSize }};
 
-    underscores_in_headers          {{ if $cfg.IgnoreInvalidHeaders }}on{{ else }}off{{ end }};
-    ignore_invalid_headers          {{ if $cfg.EnableUnderscoresInHeaders }}on{{ else }}off{{ end }};
+    underscores_in_headers          {{ if $cfg.EnableUnderscoresInHeaders }}on{{ else }}off{{ end }};
+    ignore_invalid_headers          {{ if $cfg.IgnoreInvalidHeaders }}on{{ else }}off{{ end }};
 
     include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
     default_type text/html;