diff --git a/ipn/store/kubestore/store_kube.go b/ipn/store/kubestore/store_kube.go
index ed37f06c2..14025bbb4 100644
--- a/ipn/store/kubestore/store_kube.go
+++ b/ipn/store/kubestore/store_kube.go
@@ -143,15 +143,6 @@ func (s *Store) WriteTLSCertAndKey(domain string, cert, key []byte) (err error)
 	if err := dnsname.ValidHostname(domain); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid domain name %q: %w", domain, err)
 	}
-	defer func() {
-		// TODO(irbekrm): a read between these two separate writes would
-		// get a mismatched cert and key.  Allow writing both cert and
-		// key to the memory store in a single, lock-protected operation.
-		if err == nil {
-			s.memory.WriteState(ipn.StateKey(domain+".crt"), cert)
-			s.memory.WriteState(ipn.StateKey(domain+".key"), key)
-		}
-	}()
 	secretName := s.secretName
 	data := map[string][]byte{
 		domain + ".crt": cert,
@@ -166,19 +157,32 @@ func (s *Store) WriteTLSCertAndKey(domain string, cert, key []byte) (err error)
 			keyTLSKey:  key,
 		}
 	}
-	return s.updateSecret(data, secretName)
+	if err := s.updateSecret(data, secretName); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error writing TLS cert and key to Secret: %w", err)
+	}
+	// TODO(irbekrm): certs for write replicas are currently not
+	// written to memory to avoid out of sync memory state after
+	// Ingress resources have been recreated.  This means that TLS
+	// certs for write replicas are retrieved from the Secret on
+	// each HTTPS request.  This is a temporary solution till we
+	// implement a Secret watch.
+	if s.certShareMode != "rw" {
+		s.memory.WriteState(ipn.StateKey(domain+".crt"), cert)
+		s.memory.WriteState(ipn.StateKey(domain+".key"), key)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // ReadTLSCertAndKey reads a TLS cert and key from memory or from a
 // domain-specific Secret. It first checks the in-memory store, if not found in
 // memory and running cert store in read-only mode, looks up a Secret.
+// Note that write replicas of HA Ingress always retrieve TLS certs from Secrets.
 func (s *Store) ReadTLSCertAndKey(domain string) (cert, key []byte, err error) {
 	if err := dnsname.ValidHostname(domain); err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid domain name %q: %w", domain, err)
 	}
 	certKey := domain + ".crt"
 	keyKey := domain + ".key"
-
 	cert, err = s.memory.ReadState(ipn.StateKey(certKey))
 	if err == nil {
 		key, err = s.memory.ReadState(ipn.StateKey(keyKey))
@@ -186,16 +190,12 @@ func (s *Store) ReadTLSCertAndKey(domain string) (cert, key []byte, err error) {
 			return cert, key, nil
 		}
 	}
-	if s.certShareMode != "ro" {
+	if s.certShareMode == "" {
 		return nil, nil, ipn.ErrStateNotExist
 	}
-	// If we are in cert share read only mode, it is possible that a write
-	// replica just issued the TLS cert for this DNS name and it has not
-	// been loaded to store yet, so check the Secret.
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)
 	defer cancel()
-
 	secret, err := s.client.GetSecret(ctx, domain)
 	if err != nil {
 		if kubeclient.IsNotFoundErr(err) {
@@ -212,9 +212,18 @@ func (s *Store) ReadTLSCertAndKey(domain string) (cert, key []byte, err error) {
 	}
 	// TODO(irbekrm): a read between these two separate writes would
 	// get a mismatched cert and key.  Allow writing both cert and
-	// key to the memory store in a single lock-protected operation.
-	s.memory.WriteState(ipn.StateKey(certKey), cert)
-	s.memory.WriteState(ipn.StateKey(keyKey), key)
+	// key to the memory store in a single, lock-protected operation.
+	//
+	// TODO(irbekrm): currently certs for write replicas of HA Ingress get
+	// retrieved from the cluster Secret on each HTTPS request to avoid a
+	// situation when after Ingress recreation stale certs are read from
+	// memory.
+	// Fix this by watching Secrets to ensure that memory store gets updated
+	// when Secrets are deleted.
+	if s.certShareMode == "ro" {
+		s.memory.WriteState(ipn.StateKey(certKey), cert)
+		s.memory.WriteState(ipn.StateKey(keyKey), key)
+	}
 	return cert, key, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/ipn/store/kubestore/store_kube_test.go b/ipn/store/kubestore/store_kube_test.go
index 2ed16e77b..0d709264e 100644
--- a/ipn/store/kubestore/store_kube_test.go
+++ b/ipn/store/kubestore/store_kube_test.go
@@ -201,10 +201,6 @@ func TestWriteTLSCertAndKey(t *testing.T) {
 				"tls.crt": []byte(testCert),
 				"tls.key": []byte(testKey),
 			},
-			wantMemoryStore: map[ipn.StateKey][]byte{
-				"my-app.tailnetxyz.ts.net.crt": []byte(testCert),
-				"my-app.tailnetxyz.ts.net.key": []byte(testKey),
-			},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "cert_share_mode_write_update_existing",
@@ -219,10 +215,6 @@ func TestWriteTLSCertAndKey(t *testing.T) {
 				"tls.crt": []byte(testCert),
 				"tls.key": []byte(testKey),
 			},
-			wantMemoryStore: map[ipn.StateKey][]byte{
-				"my-app.tailnetxyz.ts.net.crt": []byte(testCert),
-				"my-app.tailnetxyz.ts.net.key": []byte(testKey),
-			},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "update_existing",
@@ -367,7 +359,7 @@ func TestReadTLSCertAndKey(t *testing.T) {
 		wantMemoryStore map[ipn.StateKey][]byte
 	}{
 		{
-			name: "found",
+			name: "found_in_memory",
 			memoryStore: map[ipn.StateKey][]byte{
 				"my-app.tailnetxyz.ts.net.crt": []byte(testCert),
 				"my-app.tailnetxyz.ts.net.key": []byte(testKey),
@@ -381,7 +373,7 @@ func TestReadTLSCertAndKey(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:    "not_found",
+			name:    "not_found_in_memory",
 			domain:  testDomain,
 			wantErr: ipn.ErrStateNotExist,
 		},
@@ -400,6 +392,17 @@ func TestReadTLSCertAndKey(t *testing.T) {
 				"my-app.tailnetxyz.ts.net.key": []byte(testKey),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:          "cert_share_rw_mode_found_in_secret",
+			certShareMode: "rw",
+			domain:        testDomain,
+			secretData: map[string][]byte{
+				"tls.crt": []byte(testCert),
+				"tls.key": []byte(testKey),
+			},
+			wantCert: []byte(testCert),
+			wantKey:  []byte(testKey),
+		},
 		{
 			name:          "cert_share_ro_mode_found_in_memory",
 			certShareMode: "ro",