diff --git a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator.go b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator.go
index d479a4edd84..991688de6dd 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	autoscaling "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2beta2"
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
@@ -365,11 +365,18 @@ func groupPods(pods []*v1.Pod, metrics metricsclient.PodMetricsInfo, resource v1
 		if pod.DeletionTimestamp != nil || pod.Status.Phase == v1.PodFailed {
 			continue
 		}
+		// Pending pods are ignored.
+		if pod.Status.Phase == v1.PodPending {
+			ignoredPods.Insert(pod.Name)
+			continue
+		}
+		// Pods missing metrics.
 		metric, found := metrics[pod.Name]
 		if !found {
 			missingPods.Insert(pod.Name)
 			continue
 		}
+		// Unready pods are ignored.
 		if resource == v1.ResourceCPU {
 			var ignorePod bool
 			_, condition := podutil.GetPodCondition(&pod.Status, v1.PodReady)
diff --git a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator_test.go b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator_test.go
index c07d7b2bb5c..22272766038 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	autoscalingv2 "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2beta2"
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta/testrestmapper"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -862,6 +862,25 @@ func TestReplicaCalcScaleDownIncludeUnreadyPods(t *testing.T) {
 	tc.runTest(t)
 }
 
+func TestReplicaCalcScaleDownExcludeUnscheduledPods(t *testing.T) {
+	tc := replicaCalcTestCase{
+		currentReplicas:  5,
+		expectedReplicas: 1,
+		podReadiness:     []v1.ConditionStatus{v1.ConditionTrue, v1.ConditionFalse, v1.ConditionFalse, v1.ConditionFalse, v1.ConditionFalse},
+		podPhase:         []v1.PodPhase{v1.PodRunning, v1.PodPending, v1.PodPending, v1.PodPending, v1.PodPending},
+		resource: &resourceInfo{
+			name:     v1.ResourceCPU,
+			requests: []resource.Quantity{resource.MustParse("1.0"), resource.MustParse("1.0"), resource.MustParse("1.0"), resource.MustParse("1.0"), resource.MustParse("1.0")},
+			levels:   []int64{100},
+
+			targetUtilization:   50,
+			expectedUtilization: 10,
+			expectedValue:       numContainersPerPod * 100,
+		},
+	}
+	tc.runTest(t)
+}
+
 func TestReplicaCalcScaleDownIgnoreHotCpuPods(t *testing.T) {
 	tc := replicaCalcTestCase{
 		currentReplicas:  5,
@@ -1616,18 +1635,38 @@ func TestGroupPods(t *testing.T) {
 			sets.NewString("lucretius"),
 			sets.NewString("epicurus"),
 		},
+		{
+			name: "pending pods are ignored",
+			pods: []*v1.Pod{
+				{
+					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+						Name: "unscheduled",
+					},
+					Status: v1.PodStatus{
+						Phase: v1.PodPending,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			metrics:             metricsclient.PodMetricsInfo{},
+			resource:            v1.ResourceCPU,
+			expectReadyPodCount: 0,
+			expectIgnoredPods:   sets.NewString("unscheduled"),
+			expectMissingPods:   sets.NewString(),
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range tests {
-		readyPodCount, ignoredPods, missingPods := groupPods(tc.pods, tc.metrics, tc.resource, defaultTestingCpuInitializationPeriod, defaultTestingDelayOfInitialReadinessStatus)
-		if readyPodCount != tc.expectReadyPodCount {
-			t.Errorf("%s got readyPodCount %d, expected %d", tc.name, readyPodCount, tc.expectReadyPodCount)
-		}
-		if !ignoredPods.Equal(tc.expectIgnoredPods) {
-			t.Errorf("%s got unreadyPods %v, expected %v", tc.name, ignoredPods, tc.expectIgnoredPods)
-		}
-		if !missingPods.Equal(tc.expectMissingPods) {
-			t.Errorf("%s got missingPods %v, expected %v", tc.name, missingPods, tc.expectMissingPods)
-		}
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			readyPodCount, ignoredPods, missingPods := groupPods(tc.pods, tc.metrics, tc.resource, defaultTestingCpuInitializationPeriod, defaultTestingDelayOfInitialReadinessStatus)
+			if readyPodCount != tc.expectReadyPodCount {
+				t.Errorf("%s got readyPodCount %d, expected %d", tc.name, readyPodCount, tc.expectReadyPodCount)
+			}
+			if !ignoredPods.Equal(tc.expectIgnoredPods) {
+				t.Errorf("%s got unreadyPods %v, expected %v", tc.name, ignoredPods, tc.expectIgnoredPods)
+			}
+			if !missingPods.Equal(tc.expectMissingPods) {
+				t.Errorf("%s got missingPods %v, expected %v", tc.name, missingPods, tc.expectMissingPods)
+			}
+		})
 	}
 }