diff --git a/controllers/nginx/pkg/template/template.go b/controllers/nginx/pkg/template/template.go
index 5afaf9a7f8..a2bbddfe87 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/pkg/template/template.go
+++ b/controllers/nginx/pkg/template/template.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ var (
 		"buildProxyPass":              buildProxyPass,
 		"buildRateLimitZones":         buildRateLimitZones,
 		"buildRateLimit":              buildRateLimit,
-		"buildSSPassthroughUpstreams": buildSSPassthroughUpstreams,
+		"buildSSLPassthroughUpstreams": buildSSLPassthroughUpstreams,
 		"buildResolvers":              buildResolvers,
 		"isLocationAllowed":           isLocationAllowed,
 		"buildStreamUpstreams":        buildStreamUpstreams,
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func buildResolvers(a interface{}) string {
 	return strings.Join(r, " ")
 }
 
-func buildSSPassthroughUpstreams(b interface{}, sslb interface{}) string {
+func buildSSLPassthroughUpstreams(b interface{}, sslb interface{}) string {
 	backends := b.([]*ingress.Backend)
 	sslBackends := sslb.([]*ingress.SSLPassthroughBackend)
 	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, 10))
diff --git a/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index 2f7c620827..101038dc3a 100644
--- a/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/controllers/nginx/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ stream {
         server 127.0.0.1:442;
     }
 
-    {{ buildSSPassthroughUpstreams $backends .PassthroughBackends }}
+    {{ buildSSLPassthroughUpstreams $backends .PassthroughBackends }}
 
     server {
         listen                  [::]:443 ipv6only=off{{ if $cfg.UseProxyProtocol }} proxy_protocol{{ end }};