diff --git a/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1/conversion.go b/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1/conversion.go
index bf94d48ae17..ded80ce8e36 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1/conversion.go
@@ -461,11 +461,9 @@ func Convert_autoscaling_HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec_To_v1_HorizontalPodAutoscal
 	out.MaxReplicas = in.MaxReplicas
 
 	for _, metric := range in.Metrics {
-		if metric.Type == autoscaling.ResourceMetricSourceType && metric.Resource != nil && metric.Resource.Name == core.ResourceCPU {
-			if metric.Resource.Target.AverageUtilization != nil {
-				out.TargetCPUUtilizationPercentage = new(int32)
-				*out.TargetCPUUtilizationPercentage = *metric.Resource.Target.AverageUtilization
-			}
+		if metric.Type == autoscaling.ResourceMetricSourceType && metric.Resource != nil && metric.Resource.Name == core.ResourceCPU && metric.Resource.Target.AverageUtilization != nil {
+			out.TargetCPUUtilizationPercentage = new(int32)
+			*out.TargetCPUUtilizationPercentage = *metric.Resource.Target.AverageUtilization
 			break
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1/conversion_test.go b/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1/conversion_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b0a4d36f585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1/conversion_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	autoscalingv1 "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/autoscaling"
+	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
+	utilpointer "k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+)
+
+// Test for #101370
+func TestConvert_autoscaling_HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec_To_v1_HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec(t *testing.T) {
+
+	type args struct {
+		in        *autoscaling.HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec
+		out       *autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec
+		expectOut *autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec
+		s         conversion.Scope
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		args    args
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			"TestConversionWithCPUAverageValueAndUtilizationBoth1",
+			args{
+				in: &autoscaling.HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec{
+					MinReplicas: utilpointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+					MaxReplicas: 3,
+					Metrics: []autoscaling.MetricSpec{
+						{
+							Type: autoscaling.ResourceMetricSourceType,
+							Resource: &autoscaling.ResourceMetricSource{
+								Name: api.ResourceCPU,
+								Target: autoscaling.MetricTarget{
+									Type:         autoscaling.AverageValueMetricType,
+									AverageValue: resource.NewMilliQuantity(300, resource.DecimalSI),
+								},
+							},
+						},
+						{
+							Type: autoscaling.ResourceMetricSourceType,
+							Resource: &autoscaling.ResourceMetricSource{
+								Name: api.ResourceCPU,
+								Target: autoscaling.MetricTarget{
+									Type:               autoscaling.UtilizationMetricType,
+									AverageUtilization: utilpointer.Int32Ptr(70),
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				out: &autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec{},
+				expectOut: &autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec{
+					MinReplicas:                    utilpointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+					MaxReplicas:                    3,
+					TargetCPUUtilizationPercentage: utilpointer.Int32Ptr(70),
+				},
+				s: nil,
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"TestConversionWithCPUAverageValueAndUtilizationBoth2",
+			args{
+				in: &autoscaling.HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec{
+					MinReplicas: utilpointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+					MaxReplicas: 3,
+					Metrics: []autoscaling.MetricSpec{
+						{
+							Type: autoscaling.ResourceMetricSourceType,
+							Resource: &autoscaling.ResourceMetricSource{
+								Name: api.ResourceCPU,
+								Target: autoscaling.MetricTarget{
+									Type:         autoscaling.AverageValueMetricType,
+									AverageValue: resource.NewMilliQuantity(300, resource.DecimalSI),
+								},
+							},
+						},
+						{
+							Type: autoscaling.ResourceMetricSourceType,
+							Resource: &autoscaling.ResourceMetricSource{
+								Name: api.ResourceCPU,
+								Target: autoscaling.MetricTarget{
+									Type:               autoscaling.UtilizationMetricType,
+									AverageUtilization: utilpointer.Int32Ptr(70),
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				out: &autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec{
+					MinReplicas:                    utilpointer.Int32Ptr(2),
+					MaxReplicas:                    4,
+					TargetCPUUtilizationPercentage: utilpointer.Int32Ptr(60),
+				},
+				expectOut: &autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec{
+					MinReplicas:                    utilpointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+					MaxReplicas:                    3,
+					TargetCPUUtilizationPercentage: utilpointer.Int32Ptr(70),
+				},
+				s: nil,
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"TestConversionWithoutMetrics",
+			args{
+				in: &autoscaling.HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec{
+					MinReplicas: utilpointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+					MaxReplicas: 3,
+					Metrics:     []autoscaling.MetricSpec{},
+				},
+				out: &autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec{
+					MinReplicas:                    utilpointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+					MaxReplicas:                    4,
+					TargetCPUUtilizationPercentage: utilpointer.Int32Ptr(60),
+				},
+				expectOut: &autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec{
+					MinReplicas:                    utilpointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+					MaxReplicas:                    3,
+					TargetCPUUtilizationPercentage: utilpointer.Int32Ptr(60),
+				},
+				s: nil,
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"TestConversionWithCPUUtilizationOnly",
+			args{
+				in: &autoscaling.HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec{
+					MinReplicas: utilpointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+					MaxReplicas: 3,
+					Metrics: []autoscaling.MetricSpec{
+						{
+							Type: autoscaling.ResourceMetricSourceType,
+							Resource: &autoscaling.ResourceMetricSource{
+								Name: api.ResourceCPU,
+								Target: autoscaling.MetricTarget{
+									Type:               autoscaling.UtilizationMetricType,
+									AverageUtilization: utilpointer.Int32Ptr(60),
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				out: &autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec{},
+				expectOut: &autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec{
+					MinReplicas:                    utilpointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+					MaxReplicas:                    3,
+					TargetCPUUtilizationPercentage: utilpointer.Int32Ptr(60),
+				},
+				s: nil,
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if err := Convert_autoscaling_HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec_To_v1_HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec(tt.args.in, tt.args.out, tt.args.s); (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("Convert_autoscaling_HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec_To_v1_HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+			}
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.args.expectOut, tt.args.out)
+		})
+	}
+}