diff --git a/api/v1/cluster_types.go b/api/v1/cluster_types.go
index 7fa48345ea..0e91a433fc 100644
--- a/api/v1/cluster_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/cluster_types.go
@@ -550,6 +550,9 @@ type ClusterStatus struct {
 
 	// List of instance names in the cluster
 	InstanceNames []string `json:"instanceNames,omitempty"`
+
+	// LastObservedSchedulerName the last schedulerName reconciled from the spec
+	LastObservedSchedulerName string `json:"lastObservedSchedulerName,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // InstanceReportedState describes the last reported state of an instance during a reconciliation loop
diff --git a/controllers/cluster_upgrade.go b/controllers/cluster_upgrade.go
index 6e82acfdba..41cf696f12 100644
--- a/controllers/cluster_upgrade.go
+++ b/controllers/cluster_upgrade.go
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ func IsPodNeedingRollout(status postgres.PostgresqlStatus, cluster *apiv1.Cluste
 
 // isPodNeedingUpdatedScheduler returns a boolean indicating if a restart is required and the relative message
 func isPodNeedingUpdatedScheduler(cluster *apiv1.Cluster, pod corev1.Pod) (bool, string) {
-	if pod.Spec.SchedulerName == cluster.Spec.SchedulerName {
+	if cluster.Spec.SchedulerName == "" || cluster.Spec.SchedulerName == pod.Spec.SchedulerName {
 		return false, ""
 	}