diff --git a/pkg/util/ingress/ingress_test.go b/pkg/util/ingress/ingress_test.go
index c2deda388..3bd7f1230 100644
--- a/pkg/util/ingress/ingress_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/ingress/ingress_test.go
@@ -249,23 +249,23 @@ func TestValidateIngressPath(t *testing.T) {
 			copyIng: generateDumbIngressforPathTest(&pathTypePrefix, ""),
 		},
 		{
-			name:                     "should deny path with bad characters and pathType not implementationSpecific",
-			EnablePathTypeValidation: true,
-			wantErr:                  true,
-			additionalChars:          "()",
-			copyIng:                  generateDumbIngressforPathTest(&pathTypeExact, "/foo/bar/(.+)"),
+			name:            "should deny path with bad characters and pathType not implementationSpecific",
+			wantErr:         true,
+			additionalChars: "()",
+			copyIng:         generateDumbIngressforPathTest(&pathTypeExact, "/foo/bar/(.+)"),
 		},
 		{
-			name:            "should accept path with regex characters and pathType implementationSpecific",
-			wantErr:         false,
-			additionalChars: defaultAdditionalChars,
-			copyIng:         generateDumbIngressforPathTest(&pathTypeImplSpecific, "/foo/bar/(.+)"),
+			name:                     "should accept path with regex characters and pathType implementationSpecific",
+			wantErr:                  false,
+			additionalChars:          defaultAdditionalChars,
+			EnablePathTypeValidation: false,
+			copyIng:                  generateDumbIngressforPathTest(&pathTypeImplSpecific, "/foo/bar/(.+)"),
 		},
 		{
 			name:                     "should accept path with regex characters and pathType exact, but pathType validation disabled",
 			wantErr:                  false,
 			additionalChars:          defaultAdditionalChars,
-			EnablePathTypeValidation: true,
+			EnablePathTypeValidation: false,
 			copyIng:                  generateDumbIngressforPathTest(&pathTypeExact, "/foo/bar/(.+)"),
 		},
 		{
@@ -276,20 +276,23 @@ func TestValidateIngressPath(t *testing.T) {
 			copyIng:                  generateDumbIngressforPathTest(&pathTypeImplSpecific, "/foo/bar/(.+)"),
 		},
 		{
-			name:            "should accept path when the allowed additional set does match",
-			wantErr:         false,
-			additionalChars: "().?",
-			copyIng:         generateDumbIngressforPathTest(&pathTypeImplSpecific, "/foo/bar/(.?)"),
+			name:                     "should accept path when the allowed additional set does match",
+			wantErr:                  false,
+			additionalChars:          "().?",
+			EnablePathTypeValidation: false,
+			copyIng:                  generateDumbIngressforPathTest(&pathTypeImplSpecific, "/foo/bar/(.?)"),
 		},
 		{
-			name:    "should block if at least one path is bad",
-			wantErr: true,
-			copyIng: generateComplexIngress(generateDumbIngressforPathTest(&pathTypeExact, "/foo/bar/(.?)")),
+			name:                     "should block if at least one path is bad",
+			wantErr:                  true,
+			EnablePathTypeValidation: false,
+			copyIng:                  generateComplexIngress(generateDumbIngressforPathTest(&pathTypeExact, "/foo/bar/(.?)")),
 		},
 		{
-			name:    "should block if at least one path is bad",
-			wantErr: true,
-			copyIng: generateComplexIngress(generateDumbIngressforPathTest(&pathTypeImplSpecific, "/foo/bar/(.?)")),
+			name:                     "should block if at least one path is bad",
+			wantErr:                  true,
+			EnablePathTypeValidation: false,
+			copyIng:                  generateComplexIngress(generateDumbIngressforPathTest(&pathTypeImplSpecific, "/foo/bar/(.?)")),
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {