diff --git a/pkg/operator/controller/ingress/controller.go b/pkg/operator/controller/ingress/controller.go
index 43984ec1a4..ef0d27400d 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/controller/ingress/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/controller/ingress/controller.go
@@ -462,8 +462,10 @@ func setDefaultPublishingStrategy(ic *operatorv1.IngressController, platformStat
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Set provider parameters based on the cluster ingress config.
-		setDefaultProviderParameters(effectiveStrategy.LoadBalancer, ingressConfig, alreadyAdmitted)
+		// Set provider parameters based on the cluster ingress config if not admitted already.
+		if !alreadyAdmitted {
+			setDefaultProviderParameters(effectiveStrategy.LoadBalancer, ingressConfig)
+		}
 
 	case operatorv1.NodePortServiceStrategyType:
 		if effectiveStrategy.NodePort == nil {
@@ -681,12 +683,12 @@ func setDefaultPublishingStrategy(ic *operatorv1.IngressController, platformStat
 // setDefaultProviderParameters mutates the given LoadBalancerStrategy by
 // defaulting its ProviderParameters field based on the defaults in the provided
 // ingress config object.
-func setDefaultProviderParameters(lbs *operatorv1.LoadBalancerStrategy, ingressConfig *configv1.Ingress, alreadyAdmitted bool) {
+func setDefaultProviderParameters(lbs *operatorv1.LoadBalancerStrategy, ingressConfig *configv1.Ingress) {
 	var provider operatorv1.LoadBalancerProviderType
 	if lbs.ProviderParameters != nil {
 		provider = lbs.ProviderParameters.Type
 	}
-	if len(provider) == 0 && !alreadyAdmitted {
+	if len(provider) == 0 {
 		// Infer the LB type from the cluster ingress config, but only
 		// if the ingresscontroller isn't already admitted.
 		switch ingressConfig.Spec.LoadBalancer.Platform.Type {
@@ -701,7 +703,7 @@ func setDefaultProviderParameters(lbs *operatorv1.LoadBalancerStrategy, ingressC
 		}
 		lbs.ProviderParameters.Type = provider
 		defaultLBType := operatorv1.AWSClassicLoadBalancer
-		if p := ingressConfig.Spec.LoadBalancer.Platform; !alreadyAdmitted && p.Type == configv1.AWSPlatformType && p.AWS != nil {
+		if p := ingressConfig.Spec.LoadBalancer.Platform; p.Type == configv1.AWSPlatformType && p.AWS != nil {
 			if p.AWS.Type == configv1.NLB {
 				defaultLBType = operatorv1.AWSNetworkLoadBalancer
 			}