diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/mirror/main.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/mirror/main.go
index dcd6244be1..b2591347e0 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/mirror/main.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/mirror/main.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ func (a mirror) Parse(ing *networking.Ingress) (interface{}, error) {
 	config.Target, err = parser.GetStringAnnotation("mirror-target", ing)
 	if err != nil {
 		config.Target = ""
+		config.Source = ""
 	}
 
 	return config, nil
diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/mirror/main_test.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/mirror/main_test.go
index 3712a0a116..1ecaef3b9c 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/mirror/main_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/mirror/main_test.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 			Target:      "https://test.env.com/$request_uri",
 		}},
 		{map[string]string{requestBody: "off"}, &Config{
-			Source:      ngxURI,
+			Source:      "",
 			RequestBody: "off",
 			Target:      "",
 		}},
diff --git a/test/e2e/annotations/mirror.go b/test/e2e/annotations/mirror.go
index 9ada909746..d2d809d6c1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/annotations/mirror.go
+++ b/test/e2e/annotations/mirror.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Mirror", func() {
 
 	It("should disable mirror-request-body", func() {
 		annotations := map[string]string{
-			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/mirror-uri":          "http://localhost/mirror",
+			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/mirror-target":       "http://localhost/mirror",
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/mirror-request-body": "off",
 		}