diff --git a/internal/ingress/types_equals.go b/internal/ingress/types_equals.go
index c179426b4..8e19f0881 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/types_equals.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/types_equals.go
@@ -524,6 +524,9 @@ func (l4b1 *L4Backend) Equal(l4b2 *L4Backend) bool {
 	if l4b1.Protocol != l4b2.Protocol {
 		return false
 	}
+	if l4b1.ProxyProtocol != l4b2.ProxyProtocol {
+		return false
+	}
 
 	return true
 }
diff --git a/internal/ingress/types_equals_test.go b/internal/ingress/types_equals_test.go
index 8a078b6ae..273a4acdd 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/types_equals_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/types_equals_test.go
@@ -94,6 +94,24 @@ func TestL4ServiceElementsMatch(t *testing.T) {
 				{Port: 80, Endpoints: []Endpoint{{Address: "1.1.1.2"}, {Address: "1.1.1.1"}}}},
 			true,
 		},
+		{
+			[]L4Service{
+				{Port: 80, Backend: L4Backend{Name: "test", Namespace: "default", Protocol: "TCP", ProxyProtocol: ProxyProtocol{Decode: false, Encode: false}}},
+			},
+			[]L4Service{
+				{Port: 80, Backend: L4Backend{Name: "test", Namespace: "default", Protocol: "TCP", ProxyProtocol: ProxyProtocol{Decode: false, Encode: false}}},
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			[]L4Service{
+				{Port: 80, Backend: L4Backend{Name: "test", Namespace: "default", Protocol: "TCP", ProxyProtocol: ProxyProtocol{Decode: false, Encode: false}}},
+			},
+			[]L4Service{
+				{Port: 80, Backend: L4Backend{Name: "test", Namespace: "default", Protocol: "TCP", ProxyProtocol: ProxyProtocol{Decode: false, Encode: true}}},
+			},
+			false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, testCase := range testCases {