diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
index 4d909a629..d8a3f5bb2 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.electionTTL | string | `""` | Duration a leader election is valid before it's getting re-elected, e.g. `15s`, `10m` or `1h`. (Default: 30s) |
 | controller.enableAnnotationValidations | bool | `false` |  |
 | controller.enableMimalloc | bool | `true` | Enable mimalloc as a drop-in replacement for malloc. # ref: https://github.com/microsoft/mimalloc # |
-| controller.enableSerialReloads | bool | `false` | This configuration defines if NGINX workers should reload serially instead of concurrently when multiple changes that require reloads are queued |
+| controller.enableWorkerSerialReloads | bool | `false` | This configuration defines if NGINX workers should reload serially instead of concurrently when multiple changes that require reloads are queued |
 | controller.enableTopologyAwareRouting | bool | `false` | This configuration enables Topology Aware Routing feature, used together with service annotation service.kubernetes.io/topology-mode="auto" Defaults to false |
 | controller.existingPsp | string | `""` | Use an existing PSP instead of creating one |
 | controller.extraArgs | object | `{}` | Additional command line arguments to pass to Ingress-Nginx Controller E.g. to specify the default SSL certificate you can use |
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-configmap.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-configmap.yaml
index c97eb2fca..50ae824a8 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-configmap.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: {{ include "ingress-nginx.namespace" . }}
 data:
   allow-snippet-annotations: "{{ .Values.controller.allowSnippetAnnotations }}"
-  enable-serial-reloads: "{{ .Values.controller.enableSerialReloads }}"
+  enable-serial-reloads: "{{ .Values.controller.enableWorkerSerialReloads }}"
 {{- if .Values.controller.addHeaders }}
   add-headers: {{ include "ingress-nginx.namespace" . }}/{{ include "ingress-nginx.fullname" . }}-custom-add-headers
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index 77af4d373..2a361614c 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ controller:
   # Global snippets in ConfigMap are still respected
   allowSnippetAnnotations: false
   # -- This configuration defines if NGINX workers should reload serially instead of concurrently when multiple changes that require reloads are queued
-  enableSerialReloads: false
+  enableWorkerSerialReloads: false
   # -- Required for use with CNI based kubernetes installations (such as ones set up by kubeadm),
   # since CNI and hostport don't mix yet. Can be deprecated once https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/23920
   # is merged
diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/nginx.go b/internal/ingress/controller/nginx.go
index a1d64dc2d..f74b3245e 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/nginx.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/nginx.go
@@ -677,14 +677,14 @@ Error: %v
 //
 //nolint:gocritic // the cfg shouldn't be changed, and shouldn't be mutated by other processes while being rendered.
 func (n *NGINXController) OnUpdate(ingressCfg ingress.Configuration) error {
-	workerSerialReloads := n.store.GetBackendConfiguration().WorkerSerialReloads
+	cfg := n.store.GetBackendConfiguration()
+	cfg.Resolver = n.resolver
+
+	workerSerialReloads := cfg.WorkerSerialReloads
 	if workerSerialReloads && n.workersReloading {
 		return errors.New("worker reload already in progress, requeuing reload")
 	}
 
-	cfg := n.store.GetBackendConfiguration()
-	cfg.Resolver = n.resolver
-
 	content, err := n.generateTemplate(cfg, ingressCfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err