diff --git a/src/flow/lib/LifeCycleManager.rb b/src/flow/lib/LifeCycleManager.rb
index 662d311105..97476f5135 100644
--- a/src/flow/lib/LifeCycleManager.rb
+++ b/src/flow/lib/LifeCycleManager.rb
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ 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 }