diff --git a/rollout/trafficrouting.go b/rollout/trafficrouting.go
index 3ed2564760..0f043080fe 100644
--- a/rollout/trafficrouting.go
+++ b/rollout/trafficrouting.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/annotations"
+	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/rollout/trafficrouting/plugin"
 
@@ -234,6 +235,12 @@ func (c *rolloutContext) reconcileTrafficRouting() error {
 				desiredWeight = weightutil.MaxTrafficWeight(c.rollout)
 			}
 		}
+
+		// for checking whether required number of replicas are there or not in stable replicaset.
+		if !c.checkReplicasAvailable(c.stableRS, 100-desiredWeight) {
+			return nil
+		}
+
 		// We need to check for revision > 1 because when we first install the rollout we run step 0 this prevents that.
 		// There is a bigger fix needed for the reasons on why we run step 0 on rollout install, that needs to be explored.
 		revision, revisionFound := annotations.GetRevisionAnnotation(c.rollout)
@@ -300,6 +307,22 @@ func (c *rolloutContext) reconcileTrafficRouting() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *rolloutContext) checkReplicasAvailable(rs *appsv1.ReplicaSet, desiredWeight int32) bool {
+	if rs == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	availableReplicas := int32(rs.Status.AvailableReplicas)
+	totalReplicas := int32(*c.rollout.Spec.Replicas)
+
+	desiredReplicas := int32((desiredWeight * totalReplicas) / 100)
+	if availableReplicas < desiredReplicas {
+		c.log.Infof("ReplicaSet '%s' has %d available replicas, waiting for %d", rs.Name, availableReplicas, desiredReplicas)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
 // calculateDesiredWeightOnAbortOrStableRollback returns the desired weight to use when we are either
 // aborting, or rolling back to stable RS.
 func (c *rolloutContext) calculateDesiredWeightOnAbortOrStableRollback() int32 {