diff --git a/controller/controller.go b/controller/controller.go
index e96bc963..d2407b5b 100644
--- a/controller/controller.go
+++ b/controller/controller.go
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ func (c *HAProxyController) updateHAProxy() {
 			if ingResource.Status == DELETED {
 				continue
 			}
-			i := ingress.New(ingResource, c.OSArgs.IngressClass, c.OSArgs.EmptyIngressClass)
-			if !i.Supported(c.Store) {
+			i := ingress.New(c.Store, ingResource, c.OSArgs.IngressClass, c.OSArgs.EmptyIngressClass)
+			if i == nil {
 				logger.Debugf("ingress '%s/%s' ignored: no matching IngressClass", ingResource.Namespace, ingResource.Name)
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/controller/ingress/ingress.go b/controller/ingress/ingress.go
index 22f076a6..a4abe53d 100644
--- a/controller/ingress/ingress.go
+++ b/controller/ingress/ingress.go
@@ -35,17 +35,24 @@ type Ingress struct {
 	sslPassthrough bool
 }
 
-func New(i *store.Ingress, class string, emptyClass bool) *Ingress {
-	return &Ingress{resource: i, class: class, emptyClass: emptyClass}
+// New returns an Ingress instance to handle the k8s ingress resource given in params.
+// If the k8s ingress resource is not assigned to the controller (no matching IngressClass)
+// then New will return nil
+func New(k store.K8s, resource *store.Ingress, class string, emptyClass bool) *Ingress {
+	i := &Ingress{resource: resource, class: class, emptyClass: emptyClass}
+	if i.resource == nil || !i.supported(k) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return i
 }
 
-// Supported verifies if the IngressClass matches the ControllerClass
+// supported verifies if the IngressClass matches the ControllerClass
 // and in such case returns true otherwise false
 //
 // According to https://github.com/kubernetes/api/blob/master/networking/v1/types.go#L257
 // ingress.class annotation should have precedence over the IngressClass mechanism implemented
 // in "networking.k8s.io".
-func (i Ingress) Supported(k8s store.K8s) bool {
+func (i Ingress) supported(k8s store.K8s) bool {
 	var igClass *store.IngressClass
 	igClassAnn := annotations.String("ingress.class", i.resource.Annotations)
 
diff --git a/controller/ingress/status.go b/controller/ingress/status.go
index 609864eb..2252e11b 100644
--- a/controller/ingress/status.go
+++ b/controller/ingress/status.go
@@ -17,19 +17,25 @@ import (
 )
 
 func UpdateStatus(client *kubernetes.Clientset, k store.K8s, class string, emptyClass bool, channel chan Sync) {
+	var i *Ingress
 	addresses := []string{}
 	for sync := range channel {
 		// Published Service updated: Update all Ingresses
 		if sync.Service != nil && getServiceAddresses(sync.Service, &addresses) {
 			logger.Debug("Addresses of Ingress Controller service changed, status of all ingress resources are going to be updated")
 			for _, ns := range k.Namespaces {
+				if !ns.Relevant {
+					continue
+				}
 				for _, ingress := range k.Namespaces[ns.Name].Ingresses {
-					logger.Error(New(ingress, class, emptyClass).updateStatus(client, addresses))
+					if i = New(k, ingress, class, emptyClass); i != nil {
+						logger.Error(i.updateStatus(client, addresses))
+					}
 				}
 			}
-		} else if sync.Ingress != nil {
+		} else if i = New(k, sync.Ingress, class, emptyClass); i != nil {
 			// Update single Ingress
-			logger.Error(New(sync.Ingress, class, emptyClass).updateStatus(client, addresses))
+			logger.Error(i.updateStatus(client, addresses))
 		}
 	}
 }