diff --git a/internal/mode/static/nginx/config/servers.go b/internal/mode/static/nginx/config/servers.go
index 2e9728620d..0affb0635f 100644
--- a/internal/mode/static/nginx/config/servers.go
+++ b/internal/mode/static/nginx/config/servers.go
@@ -244,9 +244,12 @@ func updateLocationsForFilters(
 		return buildLocations
 	}
 
-	if filters.RequestMirror != nil {
+	filtersRequestMirror := filters.RequestMirror
+	if filtersRequestMirror != nil {
 		for i := range buildLocations {
-			buildLocations[i].MirrorPath = *filters.RequestMirror.Target
+			if filtersRequestMirror.Target != nil {
+				buildLocations[i].MirrorPath = *filtersRequestMirror.Target
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/mode/static/nginx/config/servers_test.go b/internal/mode/static/nginx/config/servers_test.go
index 05253b79ee..cdff6985da 100644
--- a/internal/mode/static/nginx/config/servers_test.go
+++ b/internal/mode/static/nginx/config/servers_test.go
@@ -888,7 +888,6 @@ func TestCreateServerWithMirrors(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
-		// addition
 		{
 			Path:     "/mirroring",
 			PathType: dataplane.PathTypePrefix,
@@ -898,7 +897,7 @@ func TestCreateServerWithMirrors(t *testing.T) {
 						RequestMirror: &dataplane.HTTPRequestMirrorFilter{
 							Namespace: helpers.GetPointer("cafe.example.com"),
 							Port:      helpers.GetPointer(int32(8080)),
-							Scheme:    helpers.GetPointer("http"),
+							Target:    helpers.GetPointer("/cafe.example.com-mirroring-mirror"),
 						},
 					},
 					BackendGroup: fooGroup,
@@ -953,11 +952,13 @@ func TestCreateServerWithMirrors(t *testing.T) {
 				Path:            "/mirroring/",
 				ProxySetHeaders: defaultSetHeader,
 				ProxyPass:       "http://$test__route1_rule0$request_uri",
+				MirrorPath:      "/cafe.example.com-mirroring-mirror",
 			},
 			{
 				Path:            "= /mirroring",
 				ProxySetHeaders: defaultSetHeader,
 				ProxyPass:       "http://$test__route1_rule0$request_uri",
+				MirrorPath:      "/cafe.example.com-mirroring-mirror",
 			},
 			{
 				Path:            "/mirroring_mirror/",