diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/proxy/main.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/proxy/main.go
index aaa093eafd..45df90a5c0 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/proxy/main.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/proxy/main.go
@@ -301,9 +301,11 @@ func (a proxy) Parse(ing *networking.Ingress) (interface{}, error) {
 		config.BufferSize = defBackend.ProxyBufferSize
 	}
 
+	// Only set BusyBuffersSize if annotation is present, blank is NGINX default
+	// https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_module.html#proxy_busy_buffers_size
 	config.BusyBuffersSize, err = parser.GetStringAnnotation(proxyBusyBuffersSizeAnnotation, ing, a.annotationConfig.Annotations)
 	if err != nil {
-		config.BusyBuffersSize = defBackend.ProxyBusyBuffersSize
+		config.BusyBuffersSize = ""
 	}
 
 	config.CookiePath, err = parser.GetStringAnnotation(proxyCookiePathAnnotation, ing, a.annotationConfig.Annotations)
diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/proxy/main_test.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/proxy/main_test.go
index b6ce07fb25..4728af770a 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/proxy/main_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/proxy/main_test.go
@@ -258,6 +258,9 @@ func TestProxyWithNoAnnotation(t *testing.T) {
 	if !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("expected a Config type")
 	}
+	if p.BusyBuffersSize != "" {
+		t.Errorf("expected empty BusyBuffersSize but returned %v", p.BusyBuffersSize)
+	}
 	if p.ConnectTimeout != 10 {
 		t.Errorf("expected 10 as connect-timeout but returned %v", p.ConnectTimeout)
 	}
@@ -273,9 +276,6 @@ func TestProxyWithNoAnnotation(t *testing.T) {
 	if p.BufferSize != "10k" {
 		t.Errorf("expected 10k as buffer-size but returned %v", p.BufferSize)
 	}
-	if p.BusyBuffersSize != "15k" {
-		t.Errorf("expected 15k as buffer-size but returned %v", p.BusyBuffersSize)
-	}
 	if p.BodySize != "3k" {
 		t.Errorf("expected 3k as body-size but returned %v", p.BodySize)
 	}
@@ -298,3 +298,22 @@ func TestProxyWithNoAnnotation(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected 1024m as proxy-max-temp-file-size but returned %v", p.ProxyMaxTempFileSize)
 	}
 }
+
+// Add a test for when annotation is set
+func TestProxyWithBusyBuffersSizeAnnotation(t *testing.T) {
+	ing := buildIngress()
+	data := map[string]string{}
+	data[parser.GetAnnotationWithPrefix("proxy-busy-buffers-size")] = "4k"
+	ing.SetAnnotations(data)
+	i, err := NewParser(mockBackend{}).Parse(ing)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error parsing a valid")
+	}
+	p, ok := i.(*Config)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("expected a Config type")
+	}
+	if p.BusyBuffersSize != "4k" {
+		t.Errorf("expected 4k as BusyBuffersSize but returned %v", p.BusyBuffersSize)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index e51eca0e92..965804a718 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -1076,7 +1076,9 @@ stream {
             {{ end }}
             proxy_buffer_size                       {{ $location.Proxy.BufferSize }};
             proxy_buffers                           {{ $location.Proxy.BuffersNumber }} {{ $location.Proxy.BufferSize }};
+            {{ if $location.Proxy.BusyBuffersSize }}
             proxy_busy_buffers_size                 {{ $location.Proxy.BusyBuffersSize }};
+            {{ end }}
             proxy_request_buffering                 {{ $location.Proxy.RequestBuffering }};
 
             proxy_ssl_server_name       on;
@@ -1334,7 +1336,9 @@ stream {
             proxy_buffering                         {{ $location.Proxy.ProxyBuffering }};
             proxy_buffer_size                       {{ $location.Proxy.BufferSize }};
             proxy_buffers                           {{ $location.Proxy.BuffersNumber }} {{ $location.Proxy.BufferSize }};
+            {{ if $location.Proxy.BusyBuffersSize }}
             proxy_busy_buffers_size                 {{ $location.Proxy.BusyBuffersSize }};
+            {{ end }}
             {{ if isValidByteSize $location.Proxy.ProxyMaxTempFileSize true }}
             proxy_max_temp_file_size                {{ $location.Proxy.ProxyMaxTempFileSize }};
             {{ end }}