diff --git a/chart/templates/secrets/metadata-connection-secret.yaml b/chart/templates/secrets/metadata-connection-secret.yaml
index 220a516682ece..d304414cc18b0 100644
--- a/chart/templates/secrets/metadata-connection-secret.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/secrets/metadata-connection-secret.yaml
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ data:
   {{- with .Values.data.metadataConnection }}
   kedaConnection: {{ urlJoin (dict "scheme" .protocol "userinfo" (printf "%s:%s" (.user | urlquery) (.pass | urlquery) ) "host" (printf "%s:%s" $metadataHost $metadataPort) "path" (printf "/%s" $metadataDatabase) "query" $query) | b64enc | quote }}
   {{- end }}
-  {{- else if and .Values.workers.keda.enabled (eq .Values.data.metadataConnection.protocol "mysql") }}
+  {{- else if and (or .Values.workers.keda.enabled .Values.triggerer.keda.enabled) (eq .Values.data.metadataConnection.protocol "mysql") }}
   {{- with .Values.data.metadataConnection }}
-  kedaConnection: {{ urlJoin (dict "userinfo" (printf "%s:%s" (.user | urlquery) (.pass | urlquery) ) "host" (printf "tcp(%s:%s)" $metadataHost $metadataPort) "path" (printf "/%s" $metadataDatabase) "query" $query) | b64enc | quote }}
+  kedaConnection: {{ urlJoin (dict "userinfo" (printf "%s:%s" (.user | urlquery) (.pass | urlquery) ) "host" (printf "tcp(%s:%s)" $metadataHost $metadataPort) "path" (printf "/%s" $metadataDatabase) "query" $query) | trimPrefix "//" | b64enc | quote }}
   {{- end }}
   {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm_tests/other/test_keda.py b/helm_tests/other/test_keda.py
index 07c07fc91ea71..8f4661fe35bb6 100644
--- a/helm_tests/other/test_keda.py
+++ b/helm_tests/other/test_keda.py
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ def test_default_keda_db_connection_pgbouncer_enabled_usePgbouncer_false(self):
 
     def test_mysql_keda_db_connection(self):
         """Verify keda db connection when pgbouncer is enabled."""
+        import base64
+
         docs = render_chart(
             values={
                 "data": {"metadataConnection": {"protocol": "mysql", "port": 3306}},
@@ -304,8 +306,10 @@ def test_mysql_keda_db_connection(self):
         assert "queryValue" in keda_autoscaler_metadata
 
         secret_data = jmespath.search("data", metadata_connection_secret)
+        keda_connection_secret = base64.b64decode(secret_data["kedaConnection"]).decode()
         assert "connection" in secret_data.keys()
         assert "kedaConnection" in secret_data.keys()
+        assert not keda_connection_secret.startswith("//")
 
         autoscaler_connection_env_var = jmespath.search(
             "spec.triggers[0].metadata.connectionStringFromEnv", keda_autoscaler