diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Kafka/Listeners/KafkaTopicScaler.cs b/src/Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Kafka/Listeners/KafkaTopicScaler.cs
index 63c3632c..eed4c793 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Kafka/Listeners/KafkaTopicScaler.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Kafka/Listeners/KafkaTopicScaler.cs
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ private ScaleStatus GetScaleStatusCore(int workerCount, KafkaTriggerMetrics[] me
                     bool queueLengthIncreasing = IsTrueForLast(
                         metrics,
                         NumberOfSamplesToConsider,
-                        (prev, next) => prev.TotalLag < next.TotalLag) && metrics[0].TotalLag > 0;
+                        (prev, next) => prev.TotalLag < next.TotalLag) && metrics[0].TotalLag > (workerCount * lagThreshold);
 
                     if (queueLengthIncreasing)
                     {
@@ -253,7 +253,27 @@ private ScaleStatus GetScaleStatusCore(int workerCount, KafkaTriggerMetrics[] me
                     }                
                 }
             }
-              
+
+            if (workerCount > 1)
+            {
+                var proposedWorkerCount = workerCount - 1;
+
+                bool allSamplesBelowThreshold = IsTrueForLast(
+                    metrics,
+                    NumberOfSamplesToConsider,
+                    (prev, next) => next.TotalLag < (lagThreshold * proposedWorkerCount));
+
+                if (allSamplesBelowThreshold)
+                {
+                    status.Vote = ScaleVote.ScaleIn;
+
+                    if (this.logger.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Information))
+                    {
+                        this.logger.LogInformation("Total lag length is decreasing for topic {topicName}, for consumer group {consumerGroup}.", this.topicName, this.consumerGroup);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             return status;
         }
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Kafka.UnitTests/KafkaTopicScalerTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Kafka.UnitTests/KafkaTopicScalerTest.cs
index f1d8ab87..c74ecc8d 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Kafka.UnitTests/KafkaTopicScalerTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Kafka.UnitTests/KafkaTopicScalerTest.cs
@@ -202,6 +202,27 @@ public void When_LagIncreasing_Should_Vote_Scale_Up()
             Assert.Equal(ScaleVote.ScaleOut, result.Vote);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void When_LagIncreasing_But_Under_Threshold_Should_Vote_None()
+        {
+            var context = new ScaleStatusContext<KafkaTriggerMetrics>()
+            {
+                Metrics = new KafkaTriggerMetrics[]
+                {
+                    new KafkaTriggerMetrics(10, partitions.Count),
+                    new KafkaTriggerMetrics(100, partitions.Count),
+                    new KafkaTriggerMetrics(200, partitions.Count),
+                    new KafkaTriggerMetrics(300, partitions.Count),
+                    new KafkaTriggerMetrics(400, partitions.Count),
+                },
+                WorkerCount = 1,
+            };
+
+            var result = topicScaler.GetScaleStatus(context);
+            Assert.NotNull(result);
+            Assert.Equal(ScaleVote.None, result.Vote);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void When_LagDecreasing_Slowly_Should_Vote_None()
         {
@@ -327,5 +348,26 @@ public void When_LagDecreasing_Should_Vote_Scale_In()
             Assert.NotNull(result);
             Assert.Equal(ScaleVote.ScaleIn, result.Vote);
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void When_Lag_Consistently_Below_Threshold_Should_Vote_Scale_In()
+        {
+            var context = new ScaleStatusContext<KafkaTriggerMetrics>()
+            {
+                Metrics = new KafkaTriggerMetrics[]
+                {
+                    new KafkaTriggerMetrics(2, partitions.Count),
+                    new KafkaTriggerMetrics(2, partitions.Count),
+                    new KafkaTriggerMetrics(1, partitions.Count),
+                    new KafkaTriggerMetrics(2, partitions.Count),
+                    new KafkaTriggerMetrics(1, partitions.Count),
+                },
+                WorkerCount = 2,
+            };
+
+            var result = topicScaler.GetScaleStatus(context);
+            Assert.NotNull(result);
+            Assert.Equal(ScaleVote.ScaleIn, result.Vote);
+        }
     }
 }