diff --git a/pkg/option/config.go b/pkg/option/config.go
index 758bfc36a9d53..4465ee76b27f4 100644
--- a/pkg/option/config.go
+++ b/pkg/option/config.go
@@ -2011,7 +2011,7 @@ var (
 		AutoCreateCiliumNodeResource: defaults.AutoCreateCiliumNodeResource,
 		IdentityAllocationMode:       IdentityAllocationModeKVstore,
 		AllowICMPFragNeeded:          defaults.AllowICMPFragNeeded,
-		EnableWellKnownIdentities:    defaults.EnableEndpointRoutes,
+		EnableWellKnownIdentities:    defaults.EnableWellKnownIdentities,
 		K8sEnableK8sEndpointSlice:    defaults.K8sEnableEndpointSlice,
 		k8sEnableAPIDiscovery:        defaults.K8sEnableAPIDiscovery,
 		AllocatorListTimeout:         defaults.AllocatorListTimeout,