diff --git a/pkg/ctl/cmdutils/scale.go b/pkg/ctl/cmdutils/scale.go
index 28b9fcb62a..7e3da477bd 100644
--- a/pkg/ctl/cmdutils/scale.go
+++ b/pkg/ctl/cmdutils/scale.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ func NewScaleNodeGroupLoader(cmd *Cmd, ng *api.NodeGroup) ClusterConfigLoader {
 		if err := validateNumberOfNodes(loadedNG); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		*ng = *loadedNG
 		l.Plan = false
 		return nil
 	}