diff --git a/pkg/fleetautoscalers/fleetautoscalers.go b/pkg/fleetautoscalers/fleetautoscalers.go
index be7f516116..e1761ba3ff 100644
--- a/pkg/fleetautoscalers/fleetautoscalers.go
+++ b/pkg/fleetautoscalers/fleetautoscalers.go
@@ -418,8 +418,9 @@ func scaleDownLimited(f *agonesv1.Fleet, gameServerLister listeragonesv1.GameSer
 		replicas--
 	}
 
-	if replicas < 0 { // This shouldn't ever happen, but putting it here just in case.
-		replicas = 0
+	// We are not currently able to scale down to zero replicas, so one replica is the minimum allowed
+	if replicas < 1 {
+		replicas = 1
 	}
 
 	return replicas, true, nil
@@ -520,8 +521,9 @@ func scaleDown(f *agonesv1.Fleet, gameServerLister listeragonesv1.GameServerList
 		}
 	}
 
-	if replicas < 0 { // This shouldn't ever happen, but putting it here just in case.
-		replicas = 0
+	// We are not currently able to scale down to zero replicas, so one replica is the minimum allowed.
+	if replicas < 1 {
+		replicas = 1
 	}
 
 	return replicas, false, nil
diff --git a/pkg/fleetautoscalers/fleetautoscalers_test.go b/pkg/fleetautoscalers/fleetautoscalers_test.go
index ee01aeeff1..9cf7e24c57 100644
--- a/pkg/fleetautoscalers/fleetautoscalers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/fleetautoscalers/fleetautoscalers_test.go
@@ -1189,7 +1189,6 @@ func TestApplyCounterPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 					Capacity: 7}
 			}),
 			featureFlags: string(utilruntime.FeatureCountsAndLists) + "=true",
-			// TODO: Is this what we want (replica = 0 if MaxCapcity < per Counter Capacity)? If buffer = 1 then must be at least replica = 1? Or Max Capacity takes precedence?
 			cp: &autoscalingv1.CounterPolicy{
 				Key:         "rooms",
 				MaxCapacity: 2,
@@ -1208,7 +1207,7 @@ func TestApplyCounterPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 								Capacity: 7,
 							}}}}},
 			want: expected{
-				replicas: 0,
+				replicas: 1,
 				limited:  true,
 				wantErr:  false,
 			},
diff --git a/test/e2e/fleetautoscaler_test.go b/test/e2e/fleetautoscaler_test.go
index 5c9619b078..75b3812cce 100644
--- a/test/e2e/fleetautoscaler_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/fleetautoscaler_test.go
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ func TestCounterAutoscaler(t *testing.T) {
 			wantFasErr:   false,
 			wantReplicas: 9,
 		},
-		"Scale Down to MaxCapacity": { // TODO: Not working here (but works in pkg/fleetautoscalers/fleetautoscalers_test.go)
+		"Scale Down to MaxCapacity": {
 			fas: counterFas(func(fap *autoscalingv1.FleetAutoscalerPolicy) {
 				fap.Counter = &autoscalingv1.CounterPolicy{
 					Key:         "sessions",
@@ -915,6 +915,10 @@ func TestCounterAutoscaler(t *testing.T) {
 				return
 			}
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			list, err := framework.ListGameServersFromFleet(flt)
+			for _, gs := range list {
+				log.WithField("Counter", gs.Status.Counters).Info("GAME SERVER COUNTERS")
+			}
 			defer fleetautoscalers.Delete(ctx, fas.ObjectMeta.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{}) // nolint:errcheck
 
 			framework.AssertFleetCondition(t, flt, e2e.FleetReadyCount(testCase.wantReplicas))