diff --git a/pkg/collector/pod_collector.go b/pkg/collector/pod_collector.go
index e5cb2db..d4317ee 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/pod_collector.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/pod_collector.go
@@ -99,11 +99,14 @@ func (c *PodCollector) GetMetrics() ([]CollectedMetric, error) {
 		isPodReady, podReadyAge := GetPodReadyAge(pod)
 
 		if isPodReady {
-			if podReadyAge >= c.minPodReadyAge {
-				go c.getPodMetric(pod, ch, errCh)
-			} else {
+			if pod.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
+				skippedPodsCount++
+				c.logger.Warnf("Skipping metrics collection for pod %s/%s because it is seems to be scheduled for termination (DeletionTimestamp: %s)", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, pod.DeletionTimestamp)
+			} else if podReadyAge < c.minPodReadyAge {
 				skippedPodsCount++
 				c.logger.Warnf("Skipping metrics collection for pod %s/%s because it's ready age is %s and min-pod-ready-age is set to %s", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, podReadyAge, c.minPodReadyAge)
+			} else {
+        go c.getPodMetric(pod, ch, errCh)
 			}
 		} else {
 			skippedPodsCount++
diff --git a/pkg/collector/pod_collector_test.go b/pkg/collector/pod_collector_test.go
index c7bbe43..d35c10f 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/pod_collector_test.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/pod_collector_test.go
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ func TestPodCollector(t *testing.T) {
 			lastReadyTransitionTimeTimestamp := v1.NewTime(time.Now().Add(time.Duration(-30) * time.Second))
 			minPodReadyAge := time.Duration(0 * time.Second)
 			podCondition := corev1.PodCondition{Type: corev1.PodReady, Status: corev1.ConditionTrue, LastTransitionTime: lastReadyTransitionTimeTimestamp}
-			makeTestPods(t, host, port, "test-metric", client, 5, podCondition)
+			podDeletionTimestamp := time.Time{}
+			makeTestPods(t, host, port, "test-metric", client, 5, podCondition,podDeletionTimestamp)
 			testHPA := makeTestHPA(t, client)
 			testConfig := makeTestConfig(port, minPodReadyAge)
 			collector, err := plugin.NewCollector(testHPA, testConfig, testInterval)
@@ -87,7 +88,8 @@ func TestPodCollectorWithMinPodReadyAge(t *testing.T) {
 			// Pods that are not older that 60 seconds (all in this case) should not be processed
 			minPodReadyAge := time.Duration(60 * time.Second)
 			podCondition := corev1.PodCondition{Type: corev1.PodReady, Status: corev1.ConditionTrue, LastTransitionTime: lastReadyTransitionTimeTimestamp}
-			makeTestPods(t, host, port, "test-metric", client, 5, podCondition)
+			podDeletionTimestamp := time.Time{}
+			makeTestPods(t, host, port, "test-metric", client, 5, podCondition, podDeletionTimestamp)
 			testHPA := makeTestHPA(t, client)
 			testConfig := makeTestConfig(port, minPodReadyAge)
 			collector, err := plugin.NewCollector(testHPA, testConfig, testInterval)
@@ -123,9 +125,50 @@ func TestPodCollectorWithPodCondition(t *testing.T) {
 			host, port, metricsHandler := makeTestHTTPServer(t, tc.metrics)
 			lastScheduledTransitionTimeTimestamp := v1.NewTime(time.Now().Add(time.Duration(-30) * time.Second))
 			minPodReadyAge := time.Duration(0 * time.Second)
+			podDeletionTimestamp := time.Time{}
 			//Pods in state corev1.PodReady == corev1.ConditionFalse should not be processed
 			podCondition := corev1.PodCondition{Type: corev1.PodReady, Status: corev1.ConditionFalse, LastTransitionTime: lastScheduledTransitionTimeTimestamp}
-			makeTestPods(t, host, port, "test-metric", client, 5, podCondition)
+			makeTestPods(t, host, port, "test-metric", client, 5, podCondition, podDeletionTimestamp)
+			testHPA := makeTestHPA(t, client)
+			testConfig := makeTestConfig(port, minPodReadyAge)
+			collector, err := plugin.NewCollector(testHPA, testConfig, testInterval)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			metrics, err := collector.GetMetrics()
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, len(metrics), int(metricsHandler.calledCounter))
+			var values []int64
+			for _, m := range metrics {
+				values = append(values, m.Custom.Value.Value())
+			}
+			require.ElementsMatch(t, tc.result, values)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+
+func TestPodCollectorWithPodTerminatingCondition(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name    string
+		metrics [][]int64
+		result  []int64
+	}{
+		{
+			name:    "simple-with-pod-condition",
+			metrics: [][]int64{{1}, {3}, {8}, {5}, {2}},
+			result:  []int64{},
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			client := fake.NewSimpleClientset()
+			plugin := NewPodCollectorPlugin(client)
+			makeTestDeployment(t, client)
+			host, port, metricsHandler := makeTestHTTPServer(t, tc.metrics)
+			lastScheduledTransitionTimeTimestamp := v1.NewTime(time.Now().Add(time.Duration(-30) * time.Second))
+			minPodReadyAge := time.Duration(0 * time.Second)
+			//Pods with podDeletionTimestamp should not be processed
+			podDeletionTimestamp := time.Now()
+			podCondition := corev1.PodCondition{Type: corev1.PodReady, Status: corev1.ConditionTrue, LastTransitionTime: lastScheduledTransitionTimeTimestamp}
+			makeTestPods(t, host, port, "test-metric", client, 5, podCondition, podDeletionTimestamp)
 			testHPA := makeTestHPA(t, client)
 			testConfig := makeTestConfig(port, minPodReadyAge)
 			collector, err := plugin.NewCollector(testHPA, testConfig, testInterval)
@@ -183,7 +226,9 @@ func makeTestConfig(port string, minPodReadyAge time.Duration) *MetricConfig {
 	}
 }
 
-func makeTestPods(t *testing.T, testServer string, metricName string, port string, client kubernetes.Interface, replicas int, podCondition corev1.PodCondition) {
+func makeTestPods(t *testing.T, testServer string, metricName string, port string, client kubernetes.Interface, replicas int, podCondition corev1.PodCondition, podDeletionTimestamp time.Time) {
+
+
 	for i := 0; i < replicas; i++ {
 		testPod := &corev1.Pod{
 			ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
@@ -198,6 +243,12 @@ func makeTestPods(t *testing.T, testServer string, metricName string, port strin
 				Conditions: []corev1.PodCondition{podCondition},
 			},
 		}
+    
+		if podDeletionTimestamp.IsZero(){
+			testPod.ObjectMeta.DeletionTimestamp = nil
+		} else {
+			testPod.ObjectMeta.DeletionTimestamp = &v1.Time{Time: podDeletionTimestamp}
+		}
 		_, err := client.CoreV1().Pods(testNamespace).Create(context.TODO(), testPod, v1.CreateOptions{})
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 	}