diff --git a/reactor-pool/src/main/java/reactor/pool/SimpleDequePool.java b/reactor-pool/src/main/java/reactor/pool/SimpleDequePool.java
index 4b937bf8..135622d6 100644
--- a/reactor-pool/src/main/java/reactor/pool/SimpleDequePool.java
+++ b/reactor-pool/src/main/java/reactor/pool/SimpleDequePool.java
@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ public Mono<Integer> warmup() {
 				recordInteractionTimestamp();
 				int initSize = poolConfig.allocationStrategy()
 				                         .getPermits(0);
+				if (initSize <= 0) {
+					return Mono.just(0);
+				}
 				@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" }) //rawtypes added since javac actually complains
 				Mono<POOLABLE>[] allWarmups = new Mono[initSize];
 				for (int i = 0; i < initSize; i++) {
diff --git a/reactor-pool/src/test/java/reactor/pool/CommonPoolTest.java b/reactor-pool/src/test/java/reactor/pool/CommonPoolTest.java
index d00e2967..e93e59f2 100644
--- a/reactor-pool/src/test/java/reactor/pool/CommonPoolTest.java
+++ b/reactor-pool/src/test/java/reactor/pool/CommonPoolTest.java
@@ -2730,4 +2730,43 @@ void recordsPendingCountAndLatencies(PoolStyle configAdjuster) {
 				.as("pending error latency")
 				.isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(1L);
 	}
+
+
+	@ParameterizedTestWithName
+	@MethodSource("allPools")
+	void gh180_warmupIdempotent(PoolStyle configAdjuster) {
+		VirtualTimeScheduler vts = VirtualTimeScheduler.create();
+
+		AtomicInteger allocCounter = new AtomicInteger();
+		Mono<Integer> allocator = Mono.fromCallable(allocCounter::incrementAndGet);
+
+		PoolBuilder<Integer, ?> builder =
+				PoolBuilder.from(allocator)
+						.sizeBetween(10, 10)
+						.evictionPredicate((poolable, metadata) -> metadata.idleTime() >= 4000)
+						.evictInBackground(Duration.ofSeconds(5), vts)
+						.clock(SchedulerClock.of(vts));
+
+		InstrumentedPool<Integer> pool = configAdjuster.apply(builder);
+		pool.warmup().block();
+		assertThat(allocCounter).as("allocations").hasValue(10);
+		assertThat(pool.metrics().allocatedSize()).as("allocatedSize").isEqualTo(10);
+
+		assertThatCode(() -> vts.advanceTimeBy(Duration.ofSeconds(10))).doesNotThrowAnyException();
+
+		assertThat(pool.metrics().allocatedSize()).as("allocatedSize").isEqualTo(0);
+		assertThat(allocCounter).as("allocations").hasValue(10);
+
+		pool.warmup().block();
+		assertThat(allocCounter).as("allocations").hasValue(20);
+		assertThat(pool.metrics().allocatedSize()).as("allocatedSize").isEqualTo(10);
+
+		// Since warmup can be called at anytime, calling warmup again should not cause any troubles and should keep the
+		// pool unchanged.
+		pool.warmup().block();
+		assertThat(allocCounter).as("allocations").hasValue(20);
+		assertThat(pool.metrics().allocatedSize()).as("allocatedSize").isEqualTo(10);
+
+		pool.disposeLater().block(Duration.ofSeconds(3));
+	}
 }