diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations_test.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations_test.go
index f577920db..58b0d8093 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations_test.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations_test.go
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	annotation_secureUpstream = "ingress.kubernetes.io/secure-backends"
-	annotation_upsMaxFails    = "ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-max-fails"
-	annotation_upsFailTimeout = "ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-fail-timeout"
-	annotation_passthrough    = "ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-passthrough"
+	annotationSecureUpstream = "ingress.kubernetes.io/secure-backends"
+	annotationUpsMaxFails    = "ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-max-fails"
+	annotationUpsFailTimeout = "ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-fail-timeout"
+	annotationPassthrough    = "ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-passthrough"
 )
 
 type mockCfg struct {
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ func TestSecureUpstream(t *testing.T) {
 		annotations map[string]string
 		er          bool
 	}{
-		{map[string]string{annotation_secureUpstream: "true"}, true},
-		{map[string]string{annotation_secureUpstream: "false"}, false},
-		{map[string]string{annotation_secureUpstream + "_no": "true"}, false},
+		{map[string]string{annotationSecureUpstream: "true"}, true},
+		{map[string]string{annotationSecureUpstream: "false"}, false},
+		{map[string]string{annotationSecureUpstream + "_no": "true"}, false},
 		{map[string]string{}, false},
 		{nil, false},
 	}
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ func TestHealthCheck(t *testing.T) {
 		eumf        int
 		euft        int
 	}{
-		{map[string]string{annotation_upsMaxFails: "3", annotation_upsFailTimeout: "10"}, 3, 10},
-		{map[string]string{annotation_upsMaxFails: "3"}, 3, 0},
-		{map[string]string{annotation_upsFailTimeout: "10"}, 0, 10},
+		{map[string]string{annotationUpsMaxFails: "3", annotationUpsFailTimeout: "10"}, 3, 10},
+		{map[string]string{annotationUpsMaxFails: "3"}, 3, 0},
+		{map[string]string{annotationUpsFailTimeout: "10"}, 0, 10},
 		{map[string]string{}, 0, 0},
 		{nil, 0, 0},
 	}
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ func TestSSLPassthrough(t *testing.T) {
 		annotations map[string]string
 		er          bool
 	}{
-		{map[string]string{annotation_passthrough: "true"}, true},
-		{map[string]string{annotation_passthrough: "false"}, false},
-		{map[string]string{annotation_passthrough + "_no": "true"}, false},
+		{map[string]string{annotationPassthrough: "true"}, true},
+		{map[string]string{annotationPassthrough: "false"}, false},
+		{map[string]string{annotationPassthrough + "_no": "true"}, false},
 		{map[string]string{}, false},
 		{nil, false},
 	}
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
index 146a00aa3..408c729e8 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -620,9 +620,8 @@ func (ic *GenericController) getBackendServers() ([]*ingress.Backend, []*ingress
 			}
 
 			if rule.HTTP == nil &&
-				len(ing.Spec.TLS) == 0 &&
 				host != defServerName {
-				glog.V(3).Infof("ingress rule %v/%v does not contains HTTP or TLS rules. using default backend", ing.Namespace, ing.Name)
+				glog.V(3).Infof("ingress rule %v/%v does not contains HTTP rules. using default backend", ing.Namespace, ing.Name)
 				server.Locations[0].Backend = defBackend.Name
 				continue
 			}