diff --git a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator.go b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator.go
index ace9803bdf3..d479a4edd84 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator.go
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ func (c *ReplicaCalculator) GetObjectPerPodMetricReplicas(currentReplicas int32,
 		return 0, 0, time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("unable to get metric %s: %v on %s %s/%s", metricName, objectRef.Kind, namespace, objectRef.Name, err)
 	}
 
+	replicaCount = currentReplicas
 	usageRatio := float64(utilization) / (float64(targetAverageUtilization) * float64(replicaCount))
 	if math.Abs(1.0-usageRatio) > c.tolerance {
 		// update number of replicas if change is large enough
diff --git a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator_test.go b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator_test.go
index 0638f89341f..c07d7b2bb5c 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator_test.go
@@ -970,6 +970,26 @@ func TestReplicaCalcToleranceCMObject(t *testing.T) {
 	tc.runTest(t)
 }
 
+func TestReplicaCalcTolerancePerPodCMObject(t *testing.T) {
+	tc := replicaCalcTestCase{
+		currentReplicas:  4,
+		expectedReplicas: 4,
+		metric: &metricInfo{
+			metricType:              objectPerPodMetric,
+			name:                    "qps",
+			levels:                  []int64{20166},
+			perPodTargetUtilization: 5000,
+			expectedUtilization:     5042,
+			singleObject: &autoscalingv2.CrossVersionObjectReference{
+				Kind:       "Deployment",
+				APIVersion: "apps/v1",
+				Name:       "some-deployment",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	tc.runTest(t)
+}
+
 func TestReplicaCalcToleranceCMExternal(t *testing.T) {
 	tc := replicaCalcTestCase{
 		currentReplicas:  3,