diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-hpa.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-hpa.yaml
index 699323897..49bcdcfdc 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-hpa.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-hpa.yaml
@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@ spec:
   minReplicas: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.autoscaling.minReplicas }}
   maxReplicas: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.autoscaling.maxReplicas }}
   metrics:
-  {{- with .Values.defaultBackend.autoscaling.targetCPUUtilizationPercentage }}
-  - type: Resource
-    resource:
-      name: cpu
-      target:
-        type: Utilization
-        averageUtilization: {{ . }}
-  {{- end }}
   {{- with .Values.defaultBackend.autoscaling.targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage }}
   - type: Resource
     resource:
@@ -37,4 +29,12 @@ spec:
         type: Utilization
         averageUtilization: {{ . }}
   {{- end }}
+  {{- with .Values.defaultBackend.autoscaling.targetCPUUtilizationPercentage }}
+  - type: Resource
+    resource:
+      name: cpu
+      target:
+        type: Utilization
+        averageUtilization: {{ . }}
+  {{- end }}
 {{- end }}