diff --git a/pkg/apis/sparkoperator.k8s.io/v1beta2/defaults.go b/pkg/apis/sparkoperator.k8s.io/v1beta2/defaults.go
index f722a36cfd..e46f4012df 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/sparkoperator.k8s.io/v1beta2/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/sparkoperator.k8s.io/v1beta2/defaults.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package v1beta2
 
+import "strconv"
+
 // SetSparkApplicationDefaults sets default values for certain fields of a SparkApplication.
 func SetSparkApplicationDefaults(app *SparkApplication) {
 	if app == nil {
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ func SetSparkApplicationDefaults(app *SparkApplication) {
 	}
 
 	setDriverSpecDefaults(&app.Spec.Driver, app.Spec.SparkConf)
-	setExecutorSpecDefaults(&app.Spec.Executor, app.Spec.SparkConf)
+	setExecutorSpecDefaults(&app.Spec.Executor, app.Spec.SparkConf, app.Spec.DynamicAllocation)
 }
 
 func setDriverSpecDefaults(spec *DriverSpec, sparkConf map[string]string) {
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ func setDriverSpecDefaults(spec *DriverSpec, sparkConf map[string]string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func setExecutorSpecDefaults(spec *ExecutorSpec, sparkConf map[string]string) {
+func setExecutorSpecDefaults(spec *ExecutorSpec, sparkConf map[string]string, allocSpec *DynamicAllocation) {
 	if _, exists := sparkConf["spark.executor.cores"]; !exists && spec.Cores == nil {
 		spec.Cores = new(int32)
 		*spec.Cores = 1
@@ -68,8 +70,11 @@ func setExecutorSpecDefaults(spec *ExecutorSpec, sparkConf map[string]string) {
 		spec.Memory = new(string)
 		*spec.Memory = "1g"
 	}
-	if _, exists := sparkConf["spark.executor.instances"]; !exists && spec.Instances == nil {
-		spec.Instances = new(int32)
-		*spec.Instances = 1
+	var dynalloc, _ = sparkConf["spark.dynamicallocation.enabled"]
+	if dynamic, _ := strconv.ParseBool(dynalloc); !dynamic && (allocSpec == nil || !allocSpec.Enabled) {
+		if _, exists := sparkConf["spark.executor.instances"]; !exists && spec.Instances == nil {
+			spec.Instances = new(int32)
+			*spec.Instances = 1
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/sparkoperator.k8s.io/v1beta2/defaults_test.go b/pkg/apis/sparkoperator.k8s.io/v1beta2/defaults_test.go
index 6c1be13de6..624374ee16 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/sparkoperator.k8s.io/v1beta2/defaults_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/sparkoperator.k8s.io/v1beta2/defaults_test.go
@@ -199,4 +199,29 @@ func TestSetSparkApplicationDefaultsExecutorSpecDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(t, app.Spec.Executor.Memory)
 	assert.Nil(t, app.Spec.Executor.Instances)
 
+	//Case3: Dynamic allocation is enabled with minExecutors = 0
+	var minExecs = int32(0)
+	app = &SparkApplication{
+		Spec: SparkApplicationSpec{
+			DynamicAllocation: &DynamicAllocation{
+				Enabled:      true,
+				MinExecutors: &minExecs,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	SetSparkApplicationDefaults(app)
+	assert.Nil(t, app.Spec.Executor.Instances)
+
+	//Case4: Dynamic allocation is enabled via SparkConf
+	app = &SparkApplication{
+		Spec: SparkApplicationSpec{
+			SparkConf: map[string]string{
+				"spark.dynamicallocation.enabled": "true",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	SetSparkApplicationDefaults(app)
+	assert.Nil(t, app.Spec.Executor.Instances)
 }