diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/scalejob/scalejob.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/scalejob/scalejob.go
index 70264cd9fa3..687c7b48a72 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/scalejob/scalejob.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/scalejob/scalejob.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func jobHasDesiredParallelism(jobClient batchclient.JobsGetter, job *batch.Job)
 
 		// otherwise count successful
 		progress := *job.Spec.Completions - job.Status.Active - job.Status.Succeeded
-		return progress == 0, nil
+		return progress <= 0, nil
 	}
 }