diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_controller_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_controller_test.go
index 359111be6bb1..fc89fdae577a 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_controller_test.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_controller_test.go
@@ -1043,9 +1043,8 @@ func TestControllerNodeGroupForNodeWithPositiveScalingBounds(t *testing.T) {
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 		}
-		// We don't scale from 0 so nodes must belong to a
-		// nodegroup that has a scale size of at least 1.
-		if ng != nil {
+		// We allow scaling if minSize=maxSize
+		if ng == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected nodegroup: %v", ng)
 		}
 	}
@@ -1124,19 +1123,19 @@ func TestControllerNodeGroups(t *testing.T) {
 		nodeGroupMaxSizeAnnotationKey: "1",
 	}
 
-	// Test #5: machineset with no scaling bounds results in no nodegroups
+	// Test #5: 5 machineset with minSize=maxSize results in a five nodegroup
 	machineSetConfigs = createMachineSetTestConfigs(namespace, clusterName, RandomString(6), 5, 1, annotations, nil)
 	if err := addTestConfigs(t, controller, machineSetConfigs...); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
-	assertNodegroupLen(t, controller, 0)
+	assertNodegroupLen(t, controller, 5)
 
-	// Test #6: machinedeployment with no scaling bounds results in no nodegroups
+	// Test #6: add 2 machinedeployment with minSize=maxSize
 	machineDeploymentConfigs = createMachineDeploymentTestConfigs(namespace, clusterName, RandomString(6), 2, 1, annotations, nil)
 	if err := addTestConfigs(t, controller, machineDeploymentConfigs...); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
-	assertNodegroupLen(t, controller, 0)
+	assertNodegroupLen(t, controller, 7)
 
 	annotations = map[string]string{
 		nodeGroupMinSizeAnnotationKey: "-1",
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_nodegroup_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_nodegroup_test.go
index 16077e8366b7..079291552245 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_nodegroup_test.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_nodegroup_test.go
@@ -109,6 +109,18 @@ func TestNodeGroupNewNodeGroupConstructor(t *testing.T) {
 		nodeCount: 5,
 		errors:    false,
 		expectNil: true,
+	}, {
+		description: "no error and expect notNil: min=max=2",
+		annotations: map[string]string{
+			nodeGroupMinSizeAnnotationKey: "2",
+			nodeGroupMaxSizeAnnotationKey: "2",
+		},
+		nodeCount: 1,
+		minSize:   2,
+		maxSize:   2,
+		replicas:  1,
+		errors:    false,
+		expectNil: false,
 	}}
 
 	newNodeGroup := func(controller *machineController, testConfig *testConfig) (*nodegroup, error) {