diff --git a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/configfile.go b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/configfile.go
index 384e86fb480..ea0c9644271 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/configfile.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/configfile.go
@@ -87,6 +87,30 @@ func LogOrWriteConfig(fileName string, cfg *config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration, c
 	}
 	cfg.Profiles = completedProfiles
 
+	if len(fileName) > 0 {
+		// Since the default component config lists all the default plugins as enabled
+		// without disabling them, we must explicitly disable all the plugins for each
+		// extension point using the "*" expression to ensure that the generated config
+		// file is usable
+		disabledPlugins := []config.Plugin{{Name: "*"}}
+		for i := range cfg.Profiles {
+			if cfg.Profiles[i].Plugins == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			cfg.Profiles[i].Plugins.QueueSort.Disabled = disabledPlugins
+			cfg.Profiles[i].Plugins.PreFilter.Disabled = disabledPlugins
+			cfg.Profiles[i].Plugins.Filter.Disabled = disabledPlugins
+			cfg.Profiles[i].Plugins.PostFilter.Disabled = disabledPlugins
+			cfg.Profiles[i].Plugins.PreScore.Disabled = disabledPlugins
+			cfg.Profiles[i].Plugins.Score.Disabled = disabledPlugins
+			cfg.Profiles[i].Plugins.Reserve.Disabled = disabledPlugins
+			cfg.Profiles[i].Plugins.Permit.Disabled = disabledPlugins
+			cfg.Profiles[i].Plugins.PreBind.Disabled = disabledPlugins
+			cfg.Profiles[i].Plugins.Bind.Disabled = disabledPlugins
+			cfg.Profiles[i].Plugins.PostBind.Disabled = disabledPlugins
+		}
+	}
+
 	buf, err := encodeConfig(cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err