diff --git a/pkg/build/admission/jenkinsbootstrapper/admission.go b/pkg/build/admission/jenkinsbootstrapper/admission.go
index 9eb0b17faeba..19cc9c6ff3f8 100644
--- a/pkg/build/admission/jenkinsbootstrapper/admission.go
+++ b/pkg/build/admission/jenkinsbootstrapper/admission.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func NewJenkingsBootstrapper(serviceClient coreclient.ServicesGetter) admission.
 }
 
 func (a *jenkingsBootstrapper) Admit(attributes admission.Attributes) error {
-	if a.jenkinsConfig.AutoProvisionEnabled == nil || !*a.jenkinsConfig.AutoProvisionEnabled {
+	if a.jenkinsConfig.AutoProvisionEnabled != nil && !*a.jenkinsConfig.AutoProvisionEnabled {
 		return nil
 	}
 	if len(attributes.GetSubresource()) != 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/server/api/types.go b/pkg/cmd/server/api/types.go
index 70c5a9304265..c2f1c6809a01 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/server/api/types.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/server/api/types.go
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ type AuditConfig struct {
 type JenkinsPipelineConfig struct {
 	// AutoProvisionEnabled determines whether a Jenkins server will be spawned from the provided
 	// template when the first build config in the project with type JenkinsPipeline
-	// is created. When not specified this option defaults to false.
+	// is created. When not specified this option defaults to true.
 	AutoProvisionEnabled *bool
 	// TemplateNamespace contains the namespace name where the Jenkins template is stored
 	TemplateNamespace string
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/server/api/v1/types.go b/pkg/cmd/server/api/v1/types.go
index c83ad2839243..abe672d1ba9f 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/server/api/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/server/api/v1/types.go
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ type AuditConfig struct {
 type JenkinsPipelineConfig struct {
 	// AutoProvisionEnabled determines whether a Jenkins server will be spawned from the provided
 	// template when the first build config in the project with type JenkinsPipeline
-	// is created. When not specified this option defaults to false.
+	// is created. When not specified this option defaults to true.
 	AutoProvisionEnabled *bool `json:"autoProvisionEnabled"`
 	// TemplateNamespace contains the namespace name where the Jenkins template is stored
 	TemplateNamespace string `json:"templateNamespace"`