diff --git a/.changelog/9297.txt b/.changelog/9297.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d75cbf0c1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/9297.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+```release-note:bug
+
+redis: allowed `replica_count` to be set to zero in the `google_redis_cluster` resource
+
+```
diff --git a/google/services/redis/resource_redis_cluster.go b/google/services/redis/resource_redis_cluster.go
index a1b5472e16b..d9cf7a4f8cf 100644
--- a/google/services/redis/resource_redis_cluster.go
+++ b/google/services/redis/resource_redis_cluster.go
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func resourceRedisClusterCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 	replicaCountProp, err := expandRedisClusterReplicaCount(d.Get("replica_count"), d, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
-	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("replica_count"); !tpgresource.IsEmptyValue(reflect.ValueOf(replicaCountProp)) && (ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, replicaCountProp)) {
+	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("replica_count"); ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, replicaCountProp) {
 		obj["replicaCount"] = replicaCountProp
 	}
 	shardCountProp, err := expandRedisClusterShardCount(d.Get("shard_count"), d, config)
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ func resourceRedisClusterUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 	replicaCountProp, err := expandRedisClusterReplicaCount(d.Get("replica_count"), d, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
-	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("replica_count"); !tpgresource.IsEmptyValue(reflect.ValueOf(v)) && (ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, replicaCountProp)) {
+	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("replica_count"); ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, replicaCountProp) {
 		obj["replicaCount"] = replicaCountProp
 	}
 	shardCountProp, err := expandRedisClusterShardCount(d.Get("shard_count"), d, config)