diff --git a/pkg/k8s/watchers/watcher.go b/pkg/k8s/watchers/watcher.go
index a2bdc13d33c1f..f5f6c06a1808b 100644
--- a/pkg/k8s/watchers/watcher.go
+++ b/pkg/k8s/watchers/watcher.go
@@ -940,12 +940,12 @@ func stripServiceProtocol(svc *k8s.Service) *k8s.Service {
 	svc = svc.DeepCopy()
 
 	for _, port := range svc.Ports {
-		port.Protocol = "NONE"
+		port.Protocol = "ANY"
 	}
 
 	for _, nodePort := range svc.NodePorts {
 		for _, port := range nodePort {
-			port.Protocol = "NONE"
+			port.Protocol = "ANY"
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ func stripEndpointsProtocol(endpoints *k8s.Endpoints) *k8s.Endpoints {
 
 	for _, backend := range endpoints.Backends {
 		for _, port := range backend.Ports {
-			port.Protocol = "NONE"
+			port.Protocol = "ANY"
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/loadbalancer/loadbalancer.go b/pkg/loadbalancer/loadbalancer.go
index a59862f3ba586..0bc75f211cfaf 100644
--- a/pkg/loadbalancer/loadbalancer.go
+++ b/pkg/loadbalancer/loadbalancer.go
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ func (s ServiceFlags) UInt16() uint16 {
 const (
 	// NONE type.
 	NONE = L4Type("NONE")
+	// ANY type.
+	ANY = L4Type("ANY")
 	// TCP type.
 	TCP = L4Type("TCP")
 	// UDP type.
@@ -529,6 +531,8 @@ func NewL4Type(name string) (L4Type, error) {
 	switch strings.ToLower(name) {
 	case "none":
 		return NONE, nil
+	case "any":
+		return ANY, nil
 	case "tcp":
 		return TCP, nil
 	case "udp":
@@ -549,7 +553,7 @@ func NewL4TypeFromNumber(proto uint8) L4Type {
 	case 132:
 		return SCTP
 	default:
-		return NONE
+		return ANY
 	}
 }