diff --git a/pkg/tls/certificatemanagement/keypair.go b/pkg/tls/certificatemanagement/keypair.go
index 891869b8f9..b42a15e0be 100644
--- a/pkg/tls/certificatemanagement/keypair.go
+++ b/pkg/tls/certificatemanagement/keypair.go
@@ -277,15 +277,22 @@ func GetKeyCertPEM(secret *corev1.Secret) ([]byte, []byte) {
 		legacySecretCertName5 = "management-cluster.crt"
 	)
 	data := secret.Data
-	for keyField, certField := range map[string]string{
-		corev1.TLSPrivateKeyKey: corev1.TLSCertKey,
-		legacySecretKeyName:     legacySecretCertName,
-		legacySecretKeyName2:    legacySecretCertName2,
-		legacySecretKeyName3:    legacySecretCertName3,
-		legacySecretKeyName4:    legacySecretCertName4,
-		legacySecretKeyName5:    legacySecretCertName5,
+	// Check the recognised key/cert field-name pairs in a fixed priority order, standard
+	// tls.crt/tls.key first, then the legacy names. Iterating a map here would be a bug: Go
+	// randomizes map iteration order, so a secret that contains more than one recognised pair
+	// (e.g. the standard tls.crt/tls.key alongside a legacy cert/key that is intentionally kept
+	// during a certificate-rotation overlap) would return a non-deterministic cert. That flips
+	// the KeyPair's hash annotation between reconciles, which in turn triggers spurious rolling
+	// restarts of consumers such as Voltron/tigera-manager (dropping managed-cluster tunnels).
+	for _, pair := range []struct{ keyField, certField string }{
+		{corev1.TLSPrivateKeyKey, corev1.TLSCertKey},
+		{legacySecretKeyName, legacySecretCertName},
+		{legacySecretKeyName2, legacySecretCertName2},
+		{legacySecretKeyName3, legacySecretCertName3},
+		{legacySecretKeyName4, legacySecretCertName4},
+		{legacySecretKeyName5, legacySecretCertName5},
 	} {
-		key, cert := data[keyField], data[certField]
+		key, cert := data[pair.keyField], data[pair.certField]
 		if len(cert) > 0 {
 			return key, cert
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/tls/certificatemanagement/keypair_test.go b/pkg/tls/certificatemanagement/keypair_test.go
index f948515faa..9d3e27c283 100644
--- a/pkg/tls/certificatemanagement/keypair_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tls/certificatemanagement/keypair_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+
 	"github.com/tigera/operator/pkg/tls/certificatemanagement"
 )
 
@@ -202,4 +204,52 @@ var _ = Describe("TLS secret metadata", func() {
 			Expect(secret.Labels["certificates.operator.tigera.io/signer"]).To(Equal("unknown"))
 		})
 	})
+
+	Describe("GetKeyCertPEM()", func() {
+		It("should read the standard tls.crt/tls.key pair", func() {
+			secret := &corev1.Secret{Data: map[string][]byte{
+				"tls.key": []byte("standard-key"),
+				"tls.crt": []byte("standard-cert"),
+			}}
+			key, cert := certificatemanagement.GetKeyCertPEM(secret)
+			Expect(string(key)).To(Equal("standard-key"))
+			Expect(string(cert)).To(Equal("standard-cert"))
+		})
+
+		It("should fall back to legacy cert/key names when the standard pair is absent", func() {
+			secret := &corev1.Secret{Data: map[string][]byte{
+				"key":  []byte("legacy-key"),
+				"cert": []byte("legacy-cert"),
+			}}
+			key, cert := certificatemanagement.GetKeyCertPEM(secret)
+			Expect(string(key)).To(Equal("legacy-key"))
+			Expect(string(cert)).To(Equal("legacy-cert"))
+		})
+
+		// Regression test: a secret may legitimately hold both the standard tls.crt/tls.key pair
+		// and a legacy cert/key pair at the same time (e.g. an expired legacy cert kept during a
+		// rotation overlap). Selection must be deterministic and always prefer the standard pair;
+		// otherwise the KeyPair hash annotation flaps and rolls consumers like tigera-manager.
+		It("should deterministically prefer tls.crt/tls.key when both standard and legacy pairs exist", func() {
+			secret := &corev1.Secret{Data: map[string][]byte{
+				"tls.key": []byte("standard-key"),
+				"tls.crt": []byte("standard-cert"),
+				"key":     []byte("legacy-key"),
+				"cert":    []byte("legacy-cert"),
+			}}
+			// Run many times to defeat Go's randomized map iteration order.
+			for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+				key, cert := certificatemanagement.GetKeyCertPEM(secret)
+				Expect(string(key)).To(Equal("standard-key"))
+				Expect(string(cert)).To(Equal("standard-cert"))
+			}
+		})
+
+		It("should return nil when no recognised pair is present", func() {
+			secret := &corev1.Secret{Data: map[string][]byte{"unrelated": []byte("x")}}
+			key, cert := certificatemanagement.GetKeyCertPEM(secret)
+			Expect(key).To(BeNil())
+			Expect(cert).To(BeNil())
+		})
+	})
 })