diff --git a/google/cloud/aiplatform/featurestore/featurestore.py b/google/cloud/aiplatform/featurestore/featurestore.py
index 44e1150712..3bb5d44b80 100644
--- a/google/cloud/aiplatform/featurestore/featurestore.py
+++ b/google/cloud/aiplatform/featurestore/featurestore.py
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ def create(
                 The value must be unique within the project and location.
             online_store_fixed_node_count (int):
                 Optional. Config for online serving resources.
-                When not specified, default node count is 1. The
+                When not specified, no fixed node count for online serving. The
                 number of nodes will not scale automatically but
                 can be scaled manually by providing different
                 values when updating.
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ def create(
         """
         gapic_featurestore = gca_featurestore.Featurestore(
             online_serving_config=gca_featurestore.Featurestore.OnlineServingConfig(
-                fixed_node_count=online_store_fixed_node_count or 1
+                fixed_node_count=online_store_fixed_node_count
             )
         )
 
diff --git a/tests/system/aiplatform/test_featurestore.py b/tests/system/aiplatform/test_featurestore.py
index d6491c24b6..a7abf3ce84 100644
--- a/tests/system/aiplatform/test_featurestore.py
+++ b/tests/system/aiplatform/test_featurestore.py
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ def test_create_get_list_featurestore(self, shared_state):
         featurestore_id = self._make_display_name(key=_TEST_FEATURESTORE_ID).replace(
             "-", "_"
         )[:60]
-        featurestore = aiplatform.Featurestore.create(featurestore_id=featurestore_id)
+        featurestore = aiplatform.Featurestore.create(
+            featurestore_id=featurestore_id, online_store_fixed_node_count=1
+        )
 
         shared_state["resources"] = [featurestore]
         shared_state["featurestore"] = featurestore