diff --git a/src/flow/lib/LifeCycleManager.rb b/src/flow/lib/LifeCycleManager.rb
index f29a27bdef..c0531291b3 100644
--- a/src/flow/lib/LifeCycleManager.rb
+++ b/src/flow/lib/LifeCycleManager.rb
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ class ServiceLCM
             next unless role.nodes.find {|n| n['deploy_id'] == node }
 
             # just update if the cardinality is positive
-            set_cardinality(role, cardinality, false) if cardinality >= 0
+            set_cardinality(role, cardinality, true) if cardinality >= 0
 
             role.nodes.delete_if {|n| n['deploy_id'] == node }