diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/types.go b/pkg/apis/core/types.go
index 02b7112b719fe..543a766cfa0cd 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/types.go
@@ -4357,7 +4357,7 @@ type ReplicationControllerSpec struct {
 // controller.
 type ReplicationControllerStatus struct {
 	// Replicas is the number of actual replicas.
-	Replicas int32
+	Replicas *int32
 
 	// The number of pods that have labels matching the labels of the pod template of the replication controller.
 	// +optional