diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/core/autoscaler.go b/cluster-autoscaler/core/autoscaler.go
index 523642b1018b..f6084ec46ad1 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/core/autoscaler.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/core/autoscaler.go
@@ -90,14 +90,6 @@ func initializeDefaultOptions(opts *AutoscalerOptions) error {
 	if opts.AutoscalingKubeClients == nil {
 		opts.AutoscalingKubeClients = context.NewAutoscalingKubeClients(opts.AutoscalingOptions, opts.KubeClient, opts.EventsKubeClient)
 	}
-	if opts.PredicateChecker == nil {
-		predicateCheckerStopChannel := make(chan struct{})
-		predicateChecker, err := predicatechecker.NewSchedulerBasedPredicateChecker(opts.KubeClient, predicateCheckerStopChannel)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		opts.PredicateChecker = predicateChecker
-	}
 	if opts.ClusterSnapshot == nil {
 		opts.ClusterSnapshot = clustersnapshot.NewBasicClusterSnapshot()
 	}
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/main.go b/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
index 4b749546fcc9..22e1d9460098 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/debuggingsnapshot"
+	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/simulator/predicatechecker"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 
@@ -365,12 +366,18 @@ func buildAutoscaler(debuggingSnapshotter debuggingsnapshot.DebuggingSnapshotter
 	kubeClient := createKubeClient(getKubeConfig())
 	eventsKubeClient := createKubeClient(getKubeConfig())
 
+	predicateChecker, err := predicatechecker.NewSchedulerBasedPredicateChecker(kubeClient, make(chan struct{}))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	opts := core.AutoscalerOptions{
 		AutoscalingOptions:   autoscalingOptions,
 		ClusterSnapshot:      clustersnapshot.NewDeltaClusterSnapshot(),
 		KubeClient:           kubeClient,
 		EventsKubeClient:     eventsKubeClient,
 		DebuggingSnapshotter: debuggingSnapshotter,
+		PredicateChecker:     predicateChecker,
 	}
 
 	opts.Processors = ca_processors.DefaultProcessors()