diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring.go
index a87828020e7..a5f0f4f516b 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring.go
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ func (pl *PodTopologySpread) Score(ctx context.Context, cycleState *framework.Cy
 				pair := topologyPair{key: c.TopologyKey, value: tpVal}
 				cnt = *s.TopologyPairToPodCounts[pair]
 			}
+			cnt = adjustForMaxSkew(cnt, int64(c.MaxSkew))
 			score += float64(cnt) * s.TopologyNormalizingWeight[i]
 		}
 	}
@@ -285,3 +286,14 @@ func getPreScoreState(cycleState *framework.CycleState) (*preScoreState, error)
 func topologyNormalizingWeight(size int) float64 {
 	return math.Log(float64(size + 2))
 }
+
+// adjustForMaxSkew adjusts the number of matching pods in a topology domain
+// using the constraint's maxSkew.
+// Topology domains with less than maxSkew number of pods are considered to have
+// the same priority.
+func adjustForMaxSkew(cnt, maxSkew int64) int64 {
+	if cnt < maxSkew {
+		return maxSkew - 1
+	}
+	return cnt
+}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring_test.go
index e5a44642819..75b03f70ebd 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring_test.go
@@ -314,6 +314,68 @@ func TestPodTopologySpreadScore(t *testing.T) {
 				{Name: "node-d", Score: 0},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			// matching pods spread as 2/1/0/3.
+			// With maxSkew=2, counts change internally to 2/1/1/3.
+			name: "one constraint on node, all 4 nodes are candidates, maxSkew=2",
+			pod: st.MakePod().Name("p").Label("foo", "").
+				SpreadConstraint(2, v1.LabelHostname, v1.ScheduleAnyway, st.MakeLabelSelector().Exists("foo").Obj()).
+				Obj(),
+			existingPods: []*v1.Pod{
+				st.MakePod().Name("p-a1").Node("node-a").Label("foo", "").Obj(),
+				st.MakePod().Name("p-a2").Node("node-a").Label("foo", "").Obj(),
+				st.MakePod().Name("p-b1").Node("node-b").Label("foo", "").Obj(),
+				st.MakePod().Name("p-d1").Node("node-d").Label("foo", "").Obj(),
+				st.MakePod().Name("p-d2").Node("node-d").Label("foo", "").Obj(),
+				st.MakePod().Name("p-d3").Node("node-d").Label("foo", "").Obj(),
+			},
+			nodes: []*v1.Node{
+				st.MakeNode().Name("node-a").Label(v1.LabelHostname, "node-a").Obj(),
+				st.MakeNode().Name("node-b").Label(v1.LabelHostname, "node-b").Obj(),
+				st.MakeNode().Name("node-c").Label(v1.LabelHostname, "node-c").Obj(),
+				st.MakeNode().Name("node-d").Label(v1.LabelHostname, "node-d").Obj(),
+			},
+			failedNodes: []*v1.Node{},
+			want: []framework.NodeScore{
+				{Name: "node-a", Score: 60},  // +20, compared to maxSkew=1
+				{Name: "node-b", Score: 100}, // +20, compared to maxSkew=1
+				{Name: "node-c", Score: 100},
+				{Name: "node-d", Score: 20}, // +20, compared to maxSkew=1
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			// matching pods spread as 4/3/2/1.
+			// With maxSkew=3, counts change internally to 4/3/2/2.
+			name: "one constraint on node, all 4 nodes are candidates, maxSkew=3",
+			pod: st.MakePod().Name("p").Label("foo", "").
+				SpreadConstraint(3, v1.LabelHostname, v1.ScheduleAnyway, st.MakeLabelSelector().Exists("foo").Obj()).
+				Obj(),
+			existingPods: []*v1.Pod{
+				st.MakePod().Name("p-a1").Node("node-a").Label("foo", "").Obj(),
+				st.MakePod().Name("p-a2").Node("node-a").Label("foo", "").Obj(),
+				st.MakePod().Name("p-a3").Node("node-a").Label("foo", "").Obj(),
+				st.MakePod().Name("p-a4").Node("node-a").Label("foo", "").Obj(),
+				st.MakePod().Name("p-b1").Node("node-b").Label("foo", "").Obj(),
+				st.MakePod().Name("p-b2").Node("node-b").Label("foo", "").Obj(),
+				st.MakePod().Name("p-b3").Node("node-b").Label("foo", "").Obj(),
+				st.MakePod().Name("p-c1").Node("node-c").Label("foo", "").Obj(),
+				st.MakePod().Name("p-c2").Node("node-c").Label("foo", "").Obj(),
+				st.MakePod().Name("p-d1").Node("node-d").Label("foo", "").Obj(),
+			},
+			nodes: []*v1.Node{
+				st.MakeNode().Name("node-a").Label(v1.LabelHostname, "node-a").Obj(),
+				st.MakeNode().Name("node-b").Label(v1.LabelHostname, "node-b").Obj(),
+				st.MakeNode().Name("node-c").Label(v1.LabelHostname, "node-c").Obj(),
+				st.MakeNode().Name("node-d").Label(v1.LabelHostname, "node-d").Obj(),
+			},
+			failedNodes: []*v1.Node{},
+			want: []framework.NodeScore{
+				{Name: "node-a", Score: 42},  // +28 compared to maxSkew=1
+				{Name: "node-b", Score: 71},  // +29 compared to maxSkew=1
+				{Name: "node-c", Score: 100}, // +29 compared to maxSkew=1
+				{Name: "node-d", Score: 100},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			// matching pods spread as 4/2/1/~3~ (node4 is not a candidate)
 			name: "one constraint on node, 3 out of 4 nodes are candidates",