diff --git a/azurerm/internal/services/containers/resource_arm_kubernetes_cluster_node_pool.go b/azurerm/internal/services/containers/resource_arm_kubernetes_cluster_node_pool.go
index a6b40c397f1c..cb46389afd23 100644
--- a/azurerm/internal/services/containers/resource_arm_kubernetes_cluster_node_pool.go
+++ b/azurerm/internal/services/containers/resource_arm_kubernetes_cluster_node_pool.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func resourceArmKubernetesClusterNodePool() *schema.Resource {
 			"max_count": {
 				Type:         schema.TypeInt,
 				Optional:     true,
-				ValidateFunc: validation.IntBetween(1, 100),
+				ValidateFunc: validation.IntBetween(0, 100),
 			},
 
 			"max_pods": {
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func resourceArmKubernetesClusterNodePool() *schema.Resource {
 			"min_count": {
 				Type:         schema.TypeInt,
 				Optional:     true,
-				ValidateFunc: validation.IntBetween(1, 100),
+				ValidateFunc: validation.IntBetween(0, 100),
 			},
 
 			"node_taints": {