diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index 05bcd9a7363..957340b1890 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -1247,8 +1247,8 @@ function create-cluster-autoscaler-mig-config() {
 
   # Each MIG must have at least one node, so the min number of nodes
   # must be greater or equal to the number of migs.
-  if [[ ${AUTOSCALER_MIN_NODES} -lt ${NUM_MIGS} ]]; then
-    echo "AUTOSCALER_MIN_NODES must be greater or equal ${NUM_MIGS}"
+  if [[ ${AUTOSCALER_MIN_NODES} -lt 0 ]]; then
+    echo "AUTOSCALER_MIN_NODES must be greater or equal 0"
     exit 2
   fi