diff --git a/gobblin-temporal/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/temporal/yarn/DynamicScalingYarnService.java b/gobblin-temporal/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/temporal/yarn/DynamicScalingYarnService.java
index fa991b39f7..45c36b86b1 100644
--- a/gobblin-temporal/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/temporal/yarn/DynamicScalingYarnService.java
+++ b/gobblin-temporal/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/temporal/yarn/DynamicScalingYarnService.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.gobblin.temporal.yarn;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public class DynamicScalingYarnService extends YarnService {
   /** this holds the current total workforce plan as per latest received scaling directives */
   private final WorkforcePlan workforcePlan;
   private final Set<ContainerId> removedContainerIds;
+  public static final String DEFAULT_REPLACEMENT_CONTAINER_WORKER_PROFILE_NAME_PREFIX = "replacementWorkerProfile";
   private final AtomicLong profileNameSuffixGenerator;
 
   public DynamicScalingYarnService(Config config, String applicationName, String applicationId,
@@ -164,6 +165,9 @@ public synchronized void reviseWorkforcePlanAndRequestNewContainers(List<Scaling
         if (currNumContainers > 0) {
           this.actualWorkforceStaffing.reviseStaffing(workerProfile.getName(), currNumContainers - 1,
               System.currentTimeMillis());
+          // Add a scaling directive so that workforcePlan have uptodate setPoints for the workerProfile,
+          // otherwise extra containers will be requested when calculating deltas
+          scalingDirectives.add(new ScalingDirective(workerProfile.getName(), currNumContainers - 1, System.currentTimeMillis()));
         }
         iterator.remove();
       }
@@ -214,11 +218,16 @@ private synchronized void handleContainerExitedWithOOM(ContainerId completedCont
     log.info("Container {} for profile {} exited with OOM, starting to launch a replacement container",
         completedContainerId, completedContainerInfo.getWorkerProfileName());
 
+    List<ScalingDirective> scalingDirectives = new ArrayList<>();
+
     WorkerProfile workerProfile = completedContainerInfo.getWorkerProfile();
     // Update the current staffing to reflect the container that exited with OOM
     int currNumContainers = this.actualWorkforceStaffing.getStaffing(workerProfile.getName()).orElse(0);
     if (currNumContainers > 0) {
       this.actualWorkforceStaffing.reviseStaffing(workerProfile.getName(), currNumContainers - 1, System.currentTimeMillis());
+      // Add a scaling directive so that workforcePlan have uptodate setPoints for the workerProfile,
+      // otherwise extra containers will be requested when calculating deltas
+      scalingDirectives.add(new ScalingDirective(workerProfile.getName(), currNumContainers - 1, System.currentTimeMillis()));
     }
 
     // Request a replacement container
@@ -227,13 +236,13 @@ private synchronized void handleContainerExitedWithOOM(ContainerId completedCont
     Optional<ProfileDerivation> optProfileDerivation = Optional.of(new ProfileDerivation(workerProfile.getName(),
         new ProfileOverlay.Adding(new ProfileOverlay.KVPair(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.CONTAINER_MEMORY_MBS_KEY, newContainerMemoryMbs + ""))
     ));
-    ScalingDirective scalingDirective = new ScalingDirective(
-        workerProfile.getName() + "-" + profileNameSuffixGenerator.getAndIncrement(),
+    scalingDirectives.add(new ScalingDirective(
+        DEFAULT_REPLACEMENT_CONTAINER_WORKER_PROFILE_NAME_PREFIX + "-" + profileNameSuffixGenerator.getAndIncrement(),
         1,
         System.currentTimeMillis(),
         optProfileDerivation
-    );
-    reviseWorkforcePlanAndRequestNewContainers(Collections.singletonList(scalingDirective));
+    ));
+    reviseWorkforcePlanAndRequestNewContainers(scalingDirectives);
   }
 
 }