diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-hpa.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-hpa.yaml
index 6993238973..49bcdcfdc3 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-hpa.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-hpa.yaml
@@ -21,18 +21,18 @@ spec:
   minReplicas: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.autoscaling.minReplicas }}
   maxReplicas: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.autoscaling.maxReplicas }}
   metrics:
-  {{- with .Values.defaultBackend.autoscaling.targetCPUUtilizationPercentage }}
+  {{- with .Values.defaultBackend.autoscaling.targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage }}
   - type: Resource
     resource:
-      name: cpu
+      name: memory
       target:
         type: Utilization
         averageUtilization: {{ . }}
   {{- end }}
-  {{- with .Values.defaultBackend.autoscaling.targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage }}
+  {{- with .Values.defaultBackend.autoscaling.targetCPUUtilizationPercentage }}
   - type: Resource
     resource:
-      name: memory
+      name: cpu
       target:
         type: Utilization
         averageUtilization: {{ . }}