diff --git a/mariadb/templates/bin/_mariadb-ingress-controller.sh.tpl b/mariadb/templates/bin/_mariadb-ingress-controller.sh.tpl
index 3e560c6b1b..903c947fa5 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/bin/_mariadb-ingress-controller.sh.tpl
+++ b/mariadb/templates/bin/_mariadb-ingress-controller.sh.tpl
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ function start () {
       --ingress-class=${INGRESS_CLASS} \
       --default-backend-service=${POD_NAMESPACE}/${ERROR_PAGE_SERVICE} \
       --configmap=${POD_NAMESPACE}/mariadb-ingress-conf \
+      --enable-ssl-chain-completion=false \
       --tcp-services-configmap=${POD_NAMESPACE}/mariadb-services-tcp
 }