diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/common/ha.go b/pkg/reconciler/common/ha.go
index 9686086586..0cedaab765 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/common/ha.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/common/ha.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func HighAvailabilityTransform(obj base.KComponent) mf.Transformer {
 		replicas := int64(*ha.Replicas)
 
 		// Transform deployments that support HA.
-		if u.GetKind() == "Deployment" && !haUnSupported(u.GetName()) && !hasHorizontalPodAutoscaler(u.GetName()) {
+		if u.GetKind() == "Deployment" && !haUnSupported(u.GetName()) && !hasHorizontalPodOrCustomAutoscaler(u.GetName()) {
 			if err := unstructured.SetNestedField(u.Object, replicas, "spec", "replicas"); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/common/hpa.go b/pkg/reconciler/common/hpa.go
index fba4a35cdb..09518fb992 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/common/hpa.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/common/hpa.go
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 )
 
-// When a Podspecable has HPA, the replicas should be controlled by HPAs minReplicas instead of operator.
+// When a Podspecable has HPA or a custom autoscaling, the replicas should be controlled by it instead of operator.
 // Hence, skip changing the spec.replicas for these Podspecables.
-func hasHorizontalPodAutoscaler(name string) bool {
+func hasHorizontalPodOrCustomAutoscaler(name string) bool {
 	return sets.NewString(
 		"webhook",
 		"activator",
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ func hasHorizontalPodAutoscaler(name string) bool {
 		"eventing-webhook",
 		"mt-broker-ingress",
 		"mt-broker-filter",
+		"kafka-broker-dispatcher",
+		"kafka-source-dispatcher",
+		"kafka-channel-dispatcher",
 	).Has(name)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/common/hpa_test.go b/pkg/reconciler/common/hpa_test.go
index 41a4154ddf..84d1bbc2e7 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/common/hpa_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/common/hpa_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ func TestHpaTransform(t *testing.T) {
 		replicas: 5,
 		expected: makeUnstructuredDeployment(t, "not-a-hpa"),
 		err:      nil,
+	}, {
+		name:     "Kafka Dispatcher is custom autoscaler",
+		in:       makeUnstructuredDeployment(t, "kafka-source-dispatcher"),
+		replicas: 5,
+		expected: makeUnstructuredDeploymentReplicas(t, "kafka-source-dispatcher", 1),
+		err:      nil,
 	}, {
 		name:     "minReplicas same as override",
 		in:       makeUnstructuredHPA(t, "hpa", 1, 2),
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/common/workload_override.go b/pkg/reconciler/common/workload_override.go
index a979b57aff..cae45e477b 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/common/workload_override.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/common/workload_override.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func OverridesTransform(overrides []base.WorkloadOverride, log *zap.SugaredLogge
 				ps = &deployment.Spec.Template
 
 				// Do not set replicas, if this resource is controlled by a HPA
-				if override.Replicas != nil && !hasHorizontalPodAutoscaler(override.Name) {
+				if override.Replicas != nil && !hasHorizontalPodOrCustomAutoscaler(override.Name) {
 					deployment.Spec.Replicas = override.Replicas
 				}
 			}
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func OverridesTransform(overrides []base.WorkloadOverride, log *zap.SugaredLogge
 				ps = &ss.Spec.Template
 
 				// Do not set replicas, if this resource is controlled by a HPA
-				if override.Replicas != nil && !hasHorizontalPodAutoscaler(override.Name) {
+				if override.Replicas != nil && !hasHorizontalPodOrCustomAutoscaler(override.Name) {
 					ss.Spec.Replicas = override.Replicas
 				}
 			}