diff --git a/cmd/nginx-ingress/main.go b/cmd/nginx-ingress/main.go
index e7e4661a6b..a2b31467e1 100644
--- a/cmd/nginx-ingress/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nginx-ingress/main.go
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func main() {
 	if *enablePrometheusMetrics {
 		registry = prometheus.NewRegistry()
 		managerCollector = collectors.NewLocalManagerMetricsCollector()
-		controllerCollector = collectors.NewControllerMetricsCollector()
+		controllerCollector = collectors.NewControllerMetricsCollector(*enableCustomResources)
 
 		err = managerCollector.Register(registry)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/metrics/collectors/controller.go b/internal/metrics/collectors/controller.go
index d94688be97..06b854eccd 100644
--- a/internal/metrics/collectors/controller.go
+++ b/internal/metrics/collectors/controller.go
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ type ControllerCollector interface {
 
 // ControllerMetricsCollector implements the ControllerCollector interface and prometheus.Collector interface
 type ControllerMetricsCollector struct {
+	crdsEnabled              bool
 	ingressesTotal           *prometheus.GaugeVec
 	virtualServersTotal      prometheus.Gauge
 	virtualServerRoutesTotal prometheus.Gauge
 }
 
 // NewControllerMetricsCollector creates a new ControllerMetricsCollector
-func NewControllerMetricsCollector() *ControllerMetricsCollector {
+func NewControllerMetricsCollector(crdsEnabled bool) *ControllerMetricsCollector {
 	ingResTotal := prometheus.NewGaugeVec(
 		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Name:      "ingress_resources_total",
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ func NewControllerMetricsCollector() *ControllerMetricsCollector {
 		labelNamesController,
 	)
 
+	if !crdsEnabled {
+		return &ControllerMetricsCollector{ingressesTotal: ingResTotal}
+	}
+
 	vsResTotal := prometheus.NewGauge(
 		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Name:      "virtualserver_resources_total",
@@ -47,6 +52,7 @@ func NewControllerMetricsCollector() *ControllerMetricsCollector {
 	)
 
 	return &ControllerMetricsCollector{
+		crdsEnabled:              true,
 		ingressesTotal:           ingResTotal,
 		virtualServersTotal:      vsResTotal,
 		virtualServerRoutesTotal: vsrResTotal,
@@ -71,15 +77,19 @@ func (cc *ControllerMetricsCollector) SetVirtualServerRoutes(count int) {
 // Describe implements prometheus.Collector interface Describe method
 func (cc *ControllerMetricsCollector) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
 	cc.ingressesTotal.Describe(ch)
-	cc.virtualServersTotal.Describe(ch)
-	cc.virtualServerRoutesTotal.Describe(ch)
+	if cc.crdsEnabled {
+		cc.virtualServersTotal.Describe(ch)
+		cc.virtualServerRoutesTotal.Describe(ch)
+	}
 }
 
 // Collect implements the prometheus.Collector interface Collect method
 func (cc *ControllerMetricsCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 	cc.ingressesTotal.Collect(ch)
-	cc.virtualServersTotal.Collect(ch)
-	cc.virtualServerRoutesTotal.Collect(ch)
+	if cc.crdsEnabled {
+		cc.virtualServersTotal.Collect(ch)
+		cc.virtualServerRoutesTotal.Collect(ch)
+	}
 }
 
 // Register registers all the metrics of the collector