diff --git a/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterResourceModifierActionWorker.java b/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterResourceModifierActionWorker.java
index d92d0692ca14..bd59cbbee6b5 100644
--- a/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterResourceModifierActionWorker.java
+++ b/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterResourceModifierActionWorker.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -517,7 +518,7 @@ protected FirewallRule removeSshFirewallRule(final IpAddress publicIp) {
         FirewallRule rule = null;
         List<FirewallRuleVO> firewallRules = firewallRulesDao.listByIpAndPurposeAndNotRevoked(publicIp.getId(), FirewallRule.Purpose.Firewall);
         for (FirewallRuleVO firewallRule : firewallRules) {
-            if (firewallRule.getSourcePortStart() == CLUSTER_NODES_DEFAULT_START_SSH_PORT) {
+            if (Objects.equals(firewallRule.getSourcePortStart(), CLUSTER_NODES_DEFAULT_START_SSH_PORT)) {
                 rule = firewallRule;
                 firewallService.revokeIngressFwRule(firewallRule.getId(), true);
                 logger.debug("The SSH firewall rule [%s] with the id [%s] was revoked",firewallRule.getName(),firewallRule.getId());
diff --git a/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterScaleWorker.java b/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterScaleWorker.java
index f6828e3b2039..38e919fc6641 100644
--- a/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterScaleWorker.java
+++ b/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterScaleWorker.java
@@ -124,10 +124,14 @@ private void scaleKubernetesClusterIsolatedNetworkRules(final List<Long> cluster
 
         // Remove existing SSH firewall rules
         FirewallRule firewallRule = removeSshFirewallRule(publicIp);
+        int existingFirewallRuleSourcePortEnd;
         if (firewallRule == null) {
-            throw new ManagementServerException("Firewall rule for node SSH access can't be provisioned");
+            logger.warn("SSH firewall rule not found for Kubernetes cluster: {}. It may have been manually deleted or modified.", kubernetesCluster.getName());
+            existingFirewallRuleSourcePortEnd = CLUSTER_NODES_DEFAULT_START_SSH_PORT + clusterVMIds.size() - 1;
+        } else {
+            existingFirewallRuleSourcePortEnd = firewallRule.getSourcePortEnd();
         }
-        int existingFirewallRuleSourcePortEnd = firewallRule.getSourcePortEnd();
+
         try {
             removePortForwardingRules(publicIp, network, owner, CLUSTER_NODES_DEFAULT_START_SSH_PORT, existingFirewallRuleSourcePortEnd);
         } catch (ResourceUnavailableException e) {