diff --git a/bitnami/nginx-ingress-controller/templates/_helpers.tpl b/bitnami/nginx-ingress-controller/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 418d5b4c0..fd04e7d24 100644
--- a/bitnami/nginx-ingress-controller/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/bitnami/nginx-ingress-controller/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ Create a default fully qualified default backend name.
 We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this (by the DNS naming spec).
 */}}
 {{- define "nginx-ingress.defaultBackend.fullname" -}}
+{{- if .Values.fullnameOverride -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Values.fullnameOverride .Values.defaultBackend.name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- else -}}
 {{- $name := default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride -}}
 {{- if contains $name .Release.Name -}}
 {{- printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name .Values.defaultBackend.name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this
 {{- printf "%s-%s-%s" .Release.Name $name .Values.defaultBackend.name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
 {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
 
 {{/*
 Create the name of the service account to use