diff --git a/pkg/apis/serving/v1beta1/inference_service_status.go b/pkg/apis/serving/v1beta1/inference_service_status.go
index 100c6748939..431f5b850e2 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/serving/v1beta1/inference_service_status.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/serving/v1beta1/inference_service_status.go
@@ -255,7 +255,10 @@ var conditionsMapIndex = map[apis.ConditionType]map[ComponentType]apis.Condition
 }
 
 // InferenceService Ready condition is depending on predictor and route readiness condition
-var conditionSet = apis.NewLivingConditionSet(IngressReady)
+var conditionSet = apis.NewLivingConditionSet(
+	PredictorReady,
+	IngressReady,
+)
 
 var _ apis.ConditionsAccessor = (*InferenceServiceStatus)(nil)
 
@@ -263,7 +266,7 @@ func (ss *InferenceServiceStatus) InitializeConditions() {
 	conditionSet.Manage(ss).InitializeConditions()
 }
 
-// IsReady returns the readiness for the latest revision.
+// IsReady returns the overall readiness for the inference service.
 func (ss *InferenceServiceStatus) IsReady() bool {
 	return conditionSet.Manage(ss).IsHappy()
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controller/v1beta1/inferenceservice/controller.go b/pkg/controller/v1beta1/inferenceservice/controller.go
index 7775a0729a8..a8508fdc424 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/v1beta1/inferenceservice/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/v1beta1/inferenceservice/controller.go
@@ -267,8 +267,6 @@ func (r *InferenceServiceReconciler) updateStatus(desiredService *v1beta1api.Inf
 	return nil
 }
 
-// inferenceServiceReadiness checks for the readiness of the inference
-// service's latest revision/deployment.
 func inferenceServiceReadiness(status v1beta1api.InferenceServiceStatus) bool {
 	return status.Conditions != nil &&
 		status.GetCondition(apis.ConditionReady) != nil &&
diff --git a/pkg/controller/v1beta1/inferenceservice/controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/v1beta1/inferenceservice/controller_test.go
index c6067bc0d91..bbefe3ed2f7 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/v1beta1/inferenceservice/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/v1beta1/inferenceservice/controller_test.go
@@ -615,9 +615,8 @@ var _ = Describe("v1beta1 inference service controller", func() {
 							Status: "True",
 						},
 						{
-							Type:     v1beta1.PredictorReady,
-							Severity: "Info",
-							Status:   "True",
+							Type:   v1beta1.PredictorReady,
+							Status: "True",
 						},
 						{
 							Type:     v1beta1.PredictorRouteReady,
@@ -926,9 +925,8 @@ var _ = Describe("v1beta1 inference service controller", func() {
 							Status: "True",
 						},
 						{
-							Type:     v1beta1.PredictorReady,
-							Severity: "Info",
-							Status:   "True",
+							Type:   v1beta1.PredictorReady,
+							Status: "True",
 						},
 						{
 							Type:     v1beta1.PredictorRouteReady,
diff --git a/pkg/controller/v1beta1/inferenceservice/rawkube_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/v1beta1/inferenceservice/rawkube_controller_test.go
index 378c9b360f9..e4926e4bb87 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/v1beta1/inferenceservice/rawkube_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/v1beta1/inferenceservice/rawkube_controller_test.go
@@ -388,9 +388,8 @@ var _ = Describe("v1beta1 inference service controller", func() {
 							Status: "True",
 						},
 						{
-							Type:     v1beta1.PredictorReady,
-							Severity: "Info",
-							Status:   "True",
+							Type:   v1beta1.PredictorReady,
+							Status: "True",
 						},
 						{
 							Type:   apis.ConditionReady,
@@ -821,9 +820,8 @@ var _ = Describe("v1beta1 inference service controller", func() {
 							Status: "True",
 						},
 						{
-							Type:     v1beta1.PredictorReady,
-							Severity: "Info",
-							Status:   "True",
+							Type:   v1beta1.PredictorReady,
+							Status: "True",
 						},
 						{
 							Type:   apis.ConditionReady,
@@ -1255,9 +1253,8 @@ var _ = Describe("v1beta1 inference service controller", func() {
 							Status: "True",
 						},
 						{
-							Type:     v1beta1.PredictorReady,
-							Severity: "Info",
-							Status:   "True",
+							Type:   v1beta1.PredictorReady,
+							Status: "True",
 						},
 						{
 							Type:   apis.ConditionReady,
diff --git a/pkg/controller/v1beta1/inferenceservice/reconcilers/ingress/ingress_reconciler.go b/pkg/controller/v1beta1/inferenceservice/reconcilers/ingress/ingress_reconciler.go
index b5fb28a0998..52be8fc4792 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/v1beta1/inferenceservice/reconcilers/ingress/ingress_reconciler.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/v1beta1/inferenceservice/reconcilers/ingress/ingress_reconciler.go
@@ -272,11 +272,6 @@ func createHTTPMatchRequest(prefix, targetHost, internalHost string, isInternal
 }
 
 func createIngress(isvc *v1beta1.InferenceService, useDefault bool, config *v1beta1.IngressConfig) *v1alpha3.VirtualService {
-	serviceHost := getServiceHost(isvc)
-	if serviceHost == "" {
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	if !isvc.Status.IsConditionReady(v1beta1.PredictorReady) {
 		status := corev1.ConditionFalse
 		if isvc.Status.IsConditionUnknown(v1beta1.PredictorReady) {
@@ -313,6 +308,7 @@ func createIngress(isvc *v1beta1.InferenceService, useDefault bool, config *v1be
 		}
 	}
 	isInternal := false
+	serviceHost := getServiceHost(isvc)
 	//if service is labelled with cluster local or knative domain is configured as internal
 	if val, ok := isvc.Labels[constants.VisibilityLabel]; ok && val == constants.ClusterLocalVisibility {
 		isInternal = true