diff --git a/deployments/helm-chart/templates/controller-deployment.yaml b/deployments/helm-chart/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
index 857d9ac303..48b5375659 100644
--- a/deployments/helm-chart/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deployments/helm-chart/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ metadata:
   annotations: {{ toYaml .Values.controller.annotations | nindent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
 spec:
+  {{- if not .Values.controller.autoscaling.enabled }}
   replicas: {{ .Values.controller.replicaCount }}
+  {{- end }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       {{- include "nginx-ingress.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}