diff --git a/charts/descheduler/templates/NOTES.txt b/charts/descheduler/templates/NOTES.txt
index 1ea9cb525..588298048 100644
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/NOTES.txt
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/NOTES.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Descheduler installed as a {{ .Values.kind }}.
 
 {{- if eq .Values.kind "Deployment" }}
-{{- if eq .Values.replicas 1 }}
+{{- if eq (.Values.replicas | int) 1 }}
 WARNING: You set replica count as 1 and workload kind as Deployment however leaderElection is not enabled. Consider enabling Leader Election for HA mode.
 {{- end}}
 {{- if .Values.leaderElection }}
diff --git a/charts/descheduler/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/descheduler/templates/deployment.yaml
index 67b0d29de..85688eec6 100644
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     {{- include "descheduler.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
-  {{- if gt .Values.replicas 1 }}
+  {{- if gt (.Values.replicas | int) 1 }}
   {{- if not .Values.leaderElection.enabled }}
   {{- fail "You must set leaderElection to use more than 1 replica"}}
   {{- end}}