diff --git a/charts/streams-app/templates/scaled-object.yaml b/charts/streams-app/templates/scaled-object.yaml
index 60fdba15..c484b492 100644
--- a/charts/streams-app/templates/scaled-object.yaml
+++ b/charts/streams-app/templates/scaled-object.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {{ if .Values.autoscaling.enabled }}
-{{- $root := . -}}
+  {{- if not (and .Values.kafka.applicationId .Values.autoscaling.lagThreshold) }}
+  {{- fail "When autoscaling is enabled, you must set both .Values.kafka.applicationId and .Values.autoscaling.lagThreshold" }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- $root := . -}}
 apiVersion: keda.sh/v1alpha1
 kind: ScaledObject
 metadata: