diff --git a/controllers/apps/v2beta1/sync_pods.go b/controllers/apps/v2beta1/sync_pods.go
index ed7e4dee2..5b90d4643 100644
--- a/controllers/apps/v2beta1/sync_pods.go
+++ b/controllers/apps/v2beta1/sync_pods.go
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ func (s *syncPods) canBeScaleDownRs(
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
+	if len(instance.Status.NodeEvacuationsStatus) > 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
 	oldRsPods := getRsPodMap(ctx, s.Client, instance)[oldRs.UID]
 	sort.Sort(PodsByNameOlder(oldRsPods))
 	if len(oldRsPods) == 0 {
@@ -105,6 +109,13 @@ func (s *syncPods) canBeScaleDownRs(
 	}
 
 	shouldDeletePod := oldRsPods[0].DeepCopy()
+	for _, pod := range oldRsPods {
+		if _, ok := pod.Annotations["controller.kubernetes.io/pod-deletion-cost"]; ok {
+			shouldDeletePod = pod.DeepCopy()
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
 	shouldDeletePodInfo, err := getEMQXNodeInfoByAPI(r, fmt.Sprintf("emqx@%s", shouldDeletePod.Status.PodIP))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, emperror.Wrap(err, "failed to get node info by API")
@@ -115,12 +126,10 @@ func (s *syncPods) canBeScaleDownRs(
 	}
 
 	if shouldDeletePodInfo.Edition == "Enterprise" && shouldDeletePodInfo.Session > 0 {
-		if len(instance.Status.NodeEvacuationsStatus) == 0 {
-			if err := startEvacuationByAPI(r, instance, targetedEMQXNodesName, shouldDeletePodInfo.Node); err != nil {
-				return nil, emperror.Wrap(err, "failed to start node evacuation")
-			}
-			s.EventRecorder.Event(instance, corev1.EventTypeNormal, "NodeEvacuation", fmt.Sprintf("Node %s is being evacuated", shouldDeletePodInfo.Node))
+		if err := startEvacuationByAPI(r, instance, targetedEMQXNodesName, shouldDeletePodInfo.Node); err != nil {
+			return nil, emperror.Wrap(err, "failed to start node evacuation")
 		}
+		s.EventRecorder.Event(instance, corev1.EventTypeNormal, "NodeEvacuation", fmt.Sprintf("Node %s is being evacuated", shouldDeletePodInfo.Node))
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
@@ -148,6 +157,10 @@ func (s *syncPods) canBeScaleDownSts(
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
+	if len(instance.Status.NodeEvacuationsStatus) > 0 {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
 	shouldDeletePod := &corev1.Pod{}
 	_ = s.Client.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{
 		Namespace: instance.Namespace,
@@ -164,12 +177,10 @@ func (s *syncPods) canBeScaleDownSts(
 	}
 
 	if shouldDeletePodInfo.Edition == "Enterprise" && shouldDeletePodInfo.Session > 0 {
-		if len(instance.Status.NodeEvacuationsStatus) == 0 {
-			if err := startEvacuationByAPI(r, instance, targetedEMQXNodesName, shouldDeletePodInfo.Node); err != nil {
-				return false, emperror.Wrap(err, "failed to start node evacuation")
-			}
-			s.EventRecorder.Event(instance, corev1.EventTypeNormal, "NodeEvacuation", fmt.Sprintf("Node %s is being evacuated", shouldDeletePodInfo.Node))
+		if err := startEvacuationByAPI(r, instance, targetedEMQXNodesName, shouldDeletePodInfo.Node); err != nil {
+			return false, emperror.Wrap(err, "failed to start node evacuation")
 		}
+		s.EventRecorder.Event(instance, corev1.EventTypeNormal, "NodeEvacuation", fmt.Sprintf("Node %s is being evacuated", shouldDeletePodInfo.Node))
 		return false, nil
 	}
 	// Open Source or Enterprise with no session
diff --git a/controllers/apps/v2beta1/sync_pods_suite_test.go b/controllers/apps/v2beta1/sync_pods_suite_test.go
index 28b68cbb8..d742ca5dc 100644
--- a/controllers/apps/v2beta1/sync_pods_suite_test.go
+++ b/controllers/apps/v2beta1/sync_pods_suite_test.go
@@ -455,6 +455,17 @@ var _ = Describe("check can be scale down", func() {
 			Expect(canBeScaledDown).Should(BeNil())
 		})
 
+		It("emqx is in node evacuations", func() {
+			instance.Status.NodeEvacuationsStatus = []appsv2beta1.NodeEvacuationStatus{
+				{
+					State: "fake",
+				},
+			}
+			canBeScaledDown, err := s.canBeScaleDownRs(ctx, instance, fakeR, oldRs, []string{})
+			Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(canBeScaledDown).Should(BeNil())
+		})
+
 		It("emqx is enterprise, and node session more than 0", func() {
 			fakeR.ReqFunc = func(method string, url url.URL, body []byte, header http.Header) (resp *http.Response, respBody []byte, err error) {
 				resp = &http.Response{