diff --git a/pkg/controllers/cronfederatedhpa/cronfederatedhpa_job.go b/pkg/controllers/cronfederatedhpa/cronfederatedhpa_job.go
index 9eafed378f2d..e27bb43ef639 100755
--- a/pkg/controllers/cronfederatedhpa/cronfederatedhpa_job.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/cronfederatedhpa/cronfederatedhpa_job.go
@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ func (c *ScalingJob) ScaleFHPA(cronFHPA *autoscalingv1alpha1.CronFederatedHPA) e
 		fhpa.Spec.MaxReplicas = *c.rule.TargetMaxReplicas
 		update = true
 	}
-	if c.rule.TargetMinReplicas != nil && *fhpa.Spec.MinReplicas != *c.rule.TargetMinReplicas {
-		*fhpa.Spec.MinReplicas = *c.rule.TargetMinReplicas
+	if c.rule.TargetMinReplicas != nil && (fhpa.Spec.MinReplicas == nil || *fhpa.Spec.MinReplicas != *c.rule.TargetMinReplicas) {
+		targetMinReplicas := *c.rule.TargetMinReplicas
+		fhpa.Spec.MinReplicas = &targetMinReplicas
 		update = true
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/cronfederatedhpa/cronfederatedhpa_job_test.go b/pkg/controllers/cronfederatedhpa/cronfederatedhpa_job_test.go
index 49cb6ed89dce..541972fb9f03 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/cronfederatedhpa/cronfederatedhpa_job_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/cronfederatedhpa/cronfederatedhpa_job_test.go
@@ -123,6 +123,31 @@ func TestScaleFHPA(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedUpdate: true,
 			expectedErr:    false,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "Initialize Nil MinReplicas",
+			cronFHPA: &autoscalingv1alpha1.CronFederatedHPA{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "test-cron-fhpa",
+					Namespace: "default",
+				},
+				Spec: autoscalingv1alpha1.CronFederatedHPASpec{
+					ScaleTargetRef: autoscalingv2.CrossVersionObjectReference{
+						Name: "test-fhpa",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			existingFHPA: &autoscalingv1alpha1.FederatedHPA{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "test-fhpa",
+					Namespace: "default",
+				},
+			},
+			rule: autoscalingv1alpha1.CronFederatedHPARule{
+				TargetMinReplicas: new(int32(3)),
+			},
+			expectedUpdate: true,
+			expectedErr:    false,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "No Updates Needed",
 			cronFHPA: &autoscalingv1alpha1.CronFederatedHPA{