diff --git a/config/brokers/mt-channel-broker/deployments/broker-filter.yaml b/config/brokers/mt-channel-broker/deployments/broker-filter.yaml
index 6b07a6fb069..13bce767bf7 100644
--- a/config/brokers/mt-channel-broker/deployments/broker-filter.yaml
+++ b/config/brokers/mt-channel-broker/deployments/broker-filter.yaml
@@ -34,16 +34,18 @@ spec:
       - name: filter
         terminationMessagePolicy: FallbackToLogsOnError
         image: ko://knative.dev/eventing/cmd/mtbroker/filter
-        livenessProbe:
+        readinessProbe: &probe
           failureThreshold: 3
           httpGet:
             path: /healthz
             port: 8080
             scheme: HTTP
-          initialDelaySeconds: 5
           periodSeconds: 2
           successThreshold: 1
           timeoutSeconds: 1
+        livenessProbe:
+          <<: *probe
+          initialDelaySeconds: 5
         resources:
           requests:
             cpu: 100m
diff --git a/config/brokers/mt-channel-broker/deployments/broker-ingress.yaml b/config/brokers/mt-channel-broker/deployments/broker-ingress.yaml
index d342e4b6f83..d95bcc84aac 100644
--- a/config/brokers/mt-channel-broker/deployments/broker-ingress.yaml
+++ b/config/brokers/mt-channel-broker/deployments/broker-ingress.yaml
@@ -34,16 +34,18 @@ spec:
       - name: ingress
         terminationMessagePolicy: FallbackToLogsOnError
         image: ko://knative.dev/eventing/cmd/mtbroker/ingress
-        livenessProbe:
+        readinessProbe: &probe
           failureThreshold: 3
           httpGet:
             path: /healthz
             port: 8080
             scheme: HTTP
-          initialDelaySeconds: 5
           periodSeconds: 2
           successThreshold: 1
           timeoutSeconds: 1
+        livenessProbe:
+          <<: *probe
+          initialDelaySeconds: 5
         resources:
           requests:
             cpu: 100m
diff --git a/pkg/mtbroker/ingress/ingress_handler.go b/pkg/mtbroker/ingress/ingress_handler.go
index 7fb0d73d4df..baef7a848f0 100644
--- a/pkg/mtbroker/ingress/ingress_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/mtbroker/ingress/ingress_handler.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (h *Handler) getChannelAddress(name, namespace string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 func (h *Handler) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
-	return h.Receiver.StartListen(ctx, health.WithLivenessCheck(h))
+	return h.Receiver.StartListen(ctx, health.WithLivenessCheck(health.WithReadinessCheck(h)))
 }
 
 func (h *Handler) ServeHTTP(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {