diff --git a/internal/k8s/controller.go b/internal/k8s/controller.go
index 3435e07de1..b1e54b5c2a 100644
--- a/internal/k8s/controller.go
+++ b/internal/k8s/controller.go
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ func (lbc *LoadBalancerController) sync(task task) {
 		lbc.syncConfigMap(task)
 	case endpointslice:
 		resourcesFound := lbc.syncEndpointSlices(task)
-		if lbc.batchSyncEnabled && resourcesFound {
+		if lbc.batchSyncEnabled && resourcesFound && !lbc.isNginxPlus {
 			nl.Debugf(lbc.Logger, "Endpointslice %v is referenced - enabling batch reload", task.Key)
 			lbc.enableBatchReload = true
 		}