diff --git a/internal/controller/schedule.go b/internal/controller/schedule.go
index 21dd7b1..89511a9 100644
--- a/internal/controller/schedule.go
+++ b/internal/controller/schedule.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func (r *TDSetReconciler) GetExpectedReplica(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Reque
 
 	log := log.FromContext(ctx)
 
-	if tdSet.Spec.SchedulingConfig != nil && len(tdSet.Spec.SchedulingConfig) != 0 {
+	if len(tdSet.Spec.SchedulingConfig) != 0 {
 		now := time.Now()
 		hour := now.Hour()