diff --git a/pkg/controller/jobframework/constants.go b/pkg/controller/jobframework/constants.go
index 8fbbec5a1d..775f2ee2c1 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/jobframework/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/jobframework/constants.go
@@ -37,5 +37,13 @@ const (
 	// node selectors are recorded upon a workload admission. This information
 	// will be used to restore them when the job is suspended.
 	// The content is a json marshaled slice of selectors.
+	//
+	// DEPRECATED: Use OriginalPodSetsInfoAnnotation.
 	OriginalNodeSelectorsAnnotation = "kueue.x-k8s.io/original-node-selectors"
+
+	// OriginalPodSetsInfoAnnotation is the annotation in which the original
+	// node selectors and podSet counts are recorded upon a workload admission.
+	// This information will be used to restore them when the job is suspended.
+	// The content is a json marshaled slice of PodSetInfo.
+	OriginalPodSetsInfoAnnotation = "kueue.x-k8s.io/original-pod-sets-info"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/controller/jobframework/interface.go b/pkg/controller/jobframework/interface.go
index 2f6dfba821..d6590d7c46 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/jobframework/interface.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/jobframework/interface.go
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ type GenericJob interface {
 	// ResetStatus will reset the job status to the original state.
 	// If true, status is modified, if not, status is as it was.
 	ResetStatus() bool
-	// RunWithNodeAffinity will inject the node affinity extracting from workload to job and unsuspend the job.
-	RunWithNodeAffinity(nodeSelectors []PodSetNodeSelector)
-	// RestoreNodeAffinity will restore the original node affinity of job.
-	RestoreNodeAffinity(nodeSelectors []PodSetNodeSelector)
+	// RunWithPodSetsInfo will inject the node affinity extracting from workload to job and unsuspend the job.
+	RunWithPodSetsInfo(nodeSelectors []PodSetInfo)
+	// RestorePodSetsInfo will restore the original node affinity of job.
+	RestorePodSetsInfo(nodeSelectors []PodSetInfo)
 	// Finished means whether the job is completed/failed or not,
 	// condition represents the workload finished condition.
 	Finished() (condition metav1.Condition, finished bool)
diff --git a/pkg/controller/jobframework/reconciler.go b/pkg/controller/jobframework/reconciler.go
index 777a16ec86..f8997927b1 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/jobframework/reconciler.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/jobframework/reconciler.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package jobframework
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -32,11 +33,13 @@ import (
 	kueue "sigs.k8s.io/kueue/apis/kueue/v1beta1"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kueue/pkg/constants"
 	utilpriority "sigs.k8s.io/kueue/pkg/util/priority"
+	utilslice "sigs.k8s.io/kueue/pkg/util/slice"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kueue/pkg/workload"
 )
 
 var (
-	errNodeSelectorsNotFound = fmt.Errorf("annotation %s not found", OriginalNodeSelectorsAnnotation)
+	errPodSetsInfoNotFound = fmt.Errorf("annotation %s or %s not found", OriginalNodeSelectorsAnnotation, OriginalPodSetsInfoAnnotation)
+	errUnknownPodSetName   = errors.New("unknown podSet name")
 )
 
 // JobReconciler reconciles a GenericJob object
@@ -332,17 +335,17 @@ func (r *JobReconciler) equivalentToWorkload(job GenericJob, object client.Objec
 
 // startJob will unsuspend the job, and also inject the node affinity.
 func (r *JobReconciler) startJob(ctx context.Context, job GenericJob, object client.Object, wl *kueue.Workload) error {
-	//get the original selectors and store them in the job object
-	originalSelectors := r.getNodeSelectorsFromPodSets(wl)
-	if err := setNodeSelectorsInAnnotation(object, originalSelectors); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("startJob, record original node selectors: %w", err)
+	//get the original podSetsInfo and store them in the job object
+	originalPodSetsInfo := r.getPodSetsInfoFromSpec(wl)
+	if err := setNodeSelectorsInAnnotation(object, originalPodSetsInfo); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("startJob, record original podSetsInfo: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	nodeSelectors, err := r.getNodeSelectorsFromAdmission(ctx, wl)
+	info, err := r.getPodSetsInfoFromAdmission(ctx, wl)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	job.RunWithNodeAffinity(nodeSelectors)
+	job.RunWithPodSetsInfo(info)
 
 	if err := r.client.Update(ctx, object); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -372,12 +375,12 @@ func (r *JobReconciler) stopJob(ctx context.Context, job GenericJob, object clie
 		}
 	}
 
-	log.V(3).Info("restore node selectors from annotation")
-	selectors, err := getNodeSelectorsFromObjectAnnotation(object)
+	log.V(3).Info("restore podSetsInfo from annotation")
+	info, err := getPodSetsInfoFromObjectAnnotation(object, wl.Spec.PodSets)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.V(3).Error(err, "Unable to get original node selectors")
+		log.V(3).Error(err, "Unable to get original podSetsInfo")
 	} else {
-		job.RestoreNodeAffinity(selectors)
+		job.RestorePodSetsInfo(info)
 		return r.client.Update(ctx, object)
 	}
 
@@ -412,24 +415,26 @@ func (r *JobReconciler) constructWorkload(ctx context.Context, job GenericJob, o
 	return wl, nil
 }
 
-type PodSetNodeSelector struct {
+type PodSetInfo struct {
 	Name         string            `json:"name"`
 	NodeSelector map[string]string `json:"nodeSelector"`
+	Count        int32             `json:"count"`
 }
 
-// getNodeSelectorsFromAdmission will extract node selectors from admitted workloads.
-func (r *JobReconciler) getNodeSelectorsFromAdmission(ctx context.Context, w *kueue.Workload) ([]PodSetNodeSelector, error) {
+// getPodSetsInfoFromAdmission will extract podSetsInfo and podSets count from admitted workloads.
+func (r *JobReconciler) getPodSetsInfoFromAdmission(ctx context.Context, w *kueue.Workload) ([]PodSetInfo, error) {
 	if len(w.Status.Admission.PodSetAssignments) == 0 {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	nodeSelectors := make([]PodSetNodeSelector, len(w.Status.Admission.PodSetAssignments))
+	nodeSelectors := make([]PodSetInfo, len(w.Status.Admission.PodSetAssignments))
 
 	for i, podSetFlavor := range w.Status.Admission.PodSetAssignments {
 		processedFlvs := sets.NewString()
-		nodeSelector := PodSetNodeSelector{
+		nodeSelector := PodSetInfo{
 			Name:         podSetFlavor.Name,
 			NodeSelector: make(map[string]string),
+			Count:        podSetFlavor.Count,
 		}
 		for _, flvRef := range podSetFlavor.Flavors {
 			flvName := string(flvRef)
@@ -452,18 +457,19 @@ func (r *JobReconciler) getNodeSelectorsFromAdmission(ctx context.Context, w *ku
 	return nodeSelectors, nil
 }
 
-// getNodeSelectorsFromPodSets will extract node selectors from a workload's podSets.
-func (r *JobReconciler) getNodeSelectorsFromPodSets(w *kueue.Workload) []PodSetNodeSelector {
+// getPodSetsInfoFromSpec will extract podSetsInfo and podSet's counts from a workload's spec.
+func (r *JobReconciler) getPodSetsInfoFromSpec(w *kueue.Workload) []PodSetInfo {
 	podSets := w.Spec.PodSets
 	if len(podSets) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	ret := make([]PodSetNodeSelector, len(podSets))
+	ret := make([]PodSetInfo, len(podSets))
 	for psi := range podSets {
 		ps := &podSets[psi]
-		ret[psi] = PodSetNodeSelector{
+		ret[psi] = PodSetInfo{
 			Name:         ps.Name,
 			NodeSelector: cloneNodeSelector(ps.Template.Spec.NodeSelector),
+			Count:        ps.Count,
 		}
 	}
 	return ret
@@ -519,34 +525,51 @@ func cloneNodeSelector(src map[string]string) map[string]string {
 	return ret
 }
 
-// getNodeSelectorsFromObjectAnnotation tries to retrieve a node selectors slice from the
+// getPodSetsInfoFromObjectAnnotation tries to retrieve a podSetsInfo slice from the
 // object's annotations fails if it's not found or is unable to unmarshal
-func getNodeSelectorsFromObjectAnnotation(obj client.Object) ([]PodSetNodeSelector, error) {
-	str, found := obj.GetAnnotations()[OriginalNodeSelectorsAnnotation]
+func getPodSetsInfoFromObjectAnnotation(obj client.Object, spec []kueue.PodSet) ([]PodSetInfo, error) {
+	hasCounts := true
+	str, found := obj.GetAnnotations()[OriginalPodSetsInfoAnnotation]
 	if !found {
-		return nil, errNodeSelectorsNotFound
+		hasCounts = false
+		str, found = obj.GetAnnotations()[OriginalNodeSelectorsAnnotation]
+		if !found {
+			return nil, errPodSetsInfoNotFound
+		}
 	}
 	// unmarshal
-	ret := []PodSetNodeSelector{}
+	ret := []PodSetInfo{}
 	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(str), &ret); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	if !hasCounts {
+		psMap := utilslice.ToRefMap(spec, func(ps *kueue.PodSet) string { return ps.Name })
+		for i := range ret {
+			info := &ret[i]
+			ps, found := psMap[info.Name]
+			if !found {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errUnknownPodSetName, info.Name)
+			}
+			info.Count = ps.Count
+		}
+	}
 	return ret, nil
 }
 
-// setNodeSelectorsInAnnotation - sets an annotation containing the provided node selectors into
+// setNodeSelectorsInAnnotation - sets an annotation containing the provided podSetsInfo into
 // a job object, even if very unlikely it could return an error related to json.marshaling
-func setNodeSelectorsInAnnotation(obj client.Object, nodeSelectors []PodSetNodeSelector) error {
-	nodeSelectorsBytes, err := json.Marshal(nodeSelectors)
+func setNodeSelectorsInAnnotation(obj client.Object, info []PodSetInfo) error {
+	nodeSelectorsBytes, err := json.Marshal(info)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	annotations := obj.GetAnnotations()
 	if annotations == nil {
-		annotations = map[string]string{OriginalNodeSelectorsAnnotation: string(nodeSelectorsBytes)}
+		annotations = map[string]string{OriginalPodSetsInfoAnnotation: string(nodeSelectorsBytes)}
 	} else {
-		annotations[OriginalNodeSelectorsAnnotation] = string(nodeSelectorsBytes)
+		annotations[OriginalPodSetsInfoAnnotation] = string(nodeSelectorsBytes)
 	}
 	obj.SetAnnotations(annotations)
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/controller/jobframework/validation.go b/pkg/controller/jobframework/validation.go
index 4a745777c9..74b763f31c 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/jobframework/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/jobframework/validation.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ var (
 	queueNameLabelPath    = labelsPath.Key(QueueLabel)
 
 	originalNodeSelectorsWorkloadKeyPath = annotationsPath.Key(OriginalNodeSelectorsAnnotation)
+	originalPodSetsInfosWorkloadKeyPath  = annotationsPath.Key(OriginalPodSetsInfoAnnotation)
 )
 
 func ValidateCreateForQueueName(job GenericJob) field.ErrorList {
@@ -83,10 +84,26 @@ func ValidateUpdateForOriginalNodeSelectors(oldJob, newJob GenericJob) field.Err
 			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Forbidden(originalNodeSelectorsWorkloadKeyPath, "this annotation is immutable while the job is not changing its suspended state"))
 		}
 	} else if av, found := newJob.Object().GetAnnotations()[OriginalNodeSelectorsAnnotation]; found {
-		out := []PodSetNodeSelector{}
+		out := []PodSetInfo{}
 		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(av), &out); err != nil {
 			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(originalNodeSelectorsWorkloadKeyPath, av, err.Error()))
 		}
 	}
 	return allErrs
 }
+
+func ValidateUpdateForOriginalPodSetsInfo(oldJob, newJob GenericJob) field.ErrorList {
+	var allErrs field.ErrorList
+	if oldJob.IsSuspended() == newJob.IsSuspended() {
+		if errList := apivalidation.ValidateImmutableField(oldJob.Object().GetAnnotations()[OriginalPodSetsInfoAnnotation],
+			newJob.Object().GetAnnotations()[OriginalPodSetsInfoAnnotation], originalPodSetsInfosWorkloadKeyPath); len(errList) > 0 {
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Forbidden(originalPodSetsInfosWorkloadKeyPath, "this annotation is immutable while the job is not changing its suspended state"))
+		}
+	} else if av, found := newJob.Object().GetAnnotations()[OriginalPodSetsInfoAnnotation]; found {
+		out := []PodSetInfo{}
+		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(av), &out); err != nil {
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(originalPodSetsInfosWorkloadKeyPath, av, err.Error()))
+		}
+	}
+	return allErrs
+}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/jobs/job/job_controller.go b/pkg/controller/jobs/job/job_controller.go
index c134317c4e..ceaa46de87 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/jobs/job/job_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/jobs/job/job_controller.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (j *Job) PodSets() []kueue.PodSet {
 	}
 }
 
-func (j *Job) RunWithNodeAffinity(nodeSelectors []jobframework.PodSetNodeSelector) {
+func (j *Job) RunWithPodSetsInfo(nodeSelectors []jobframework.PodSetInfo) {
 	j.Spec.Suspend = pointer.Bool(false)
 	if len(nodeSelectors) == 0 {
 		return
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func (j *Job) RunWithNodeAffinity(nodeSelectors []jobframework.PodSetNodeSelecto
 	}
 }
 
-func (j *Job) RestoreNodeAffinity(nodeSelectors []jobframework.PodSetNodeSelector) {
+func (j *Job) RestorePodSetsInfo(nodeSelectors []jobframework.PodSetInfo) {
 	if len(nodeSelectors) == 0 || equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(j.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeSelector, nodeSelectors[0].NodeSelector) {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/jobs/job/job_webhook.go b/pkg/controller/jobs/job/job_webhook.go
index f3d4d30c68..5d63896e38 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/jobs/job/job_webhook.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/jobs/job/job_webhook.go
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ func (w *JobWebhook) ValidateUpdate(ctx context.Context, oldObj, newObj runtime.
 func validateUpdate(oldJob, newJob jobframework.GenericJob) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := validateCreate(newJob)
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, jobframework.ValidateUpdateForParentWorkload(oldJob, newJob)...)
+	allErrs = append(allErrs, jobframework.ValidateUpdateForOriginalPodSetsInfo(oldJob, newJob)...)
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, jobframework.ValidateUpdateForOriginalNodeSelectors(oldJob, newJob)...)
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, jobframework.ValidateUpdateForQueueName(oldJob, newJob)...)
 	return allErrs
diff --git a/pkg/controller/jobs/mpijob/mpijob_controller.go b/pkg/controller/jobs/mpijob/mpijob_controller.go
index 856d6801a0..4012304de4 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/jobs/mpijob/mpijob_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/jobs/mpijob/mpijob_controller.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func (j *MPIJob) PodSets() []kueue.PodSet {
 	return podSets
 }
 
-func (j *MPIJob) RunWithNodeAffinity(nodeSelectors []jobframework.PodSetNodeSelector) {
+func (j *MPIJob) RunWithPodSetsInfo(nodeSelectors []jobframework.PodSetInfo) {
 	j.Spec.RunPolicy.Suspend = pointer.Bool(false)
 	if len(nodeSelectors) == 0 {
 		return
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (j *MPIJob) RunWithNodeAffinity(nodeSelectors []jobframework.PodSetNodeSele
 	}
 }
 
-func (j *MPIJob) RestoreNodeAffinity(nodeSelectors []jobframework.PodSetNodeSelector) {
+func (j *MPIJob) RestorePodSetsInfo(nodeSelectors []jobframework.PodSetInfo) {
 	orderedReplicaTypes := orderedReplicaTypes(&j.Spec)
 	for index, nodeSelector := range nodeSelectors {
 		replicaType := orderedReplicaTypes[index]
diff --git a/pkg/controller/jobs/mpijob/mpijob_webhook.go b/pkg/controller/jobs/mpijob/mpijob_webhook.go
index b66227157b..b14851c71a 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/jobs/mpijob/mpijob_webhook.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/jobs/mpijob/mpijob_webhook.go
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ func (w *MPIJobWebhook) ValidateUpdate(ctx context.Context, oldObj, newObj runti
 	log := ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx).WithName("job-webhook")
 	log.Info("Validating update", "job", klog.KObj(newJob))
 	allErrs := jobframework.ValidateUpdateForQueueName(oldGenJob, newGenJob)
+	allErrs = append(allErrs, jobframework.ValidateUpdateForOriginalPodSetsInfo(oldGenJob, newGenJob)...)
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, jobframework.ValidateUpdateForOriginalNodeSelectors(oldGenJob, newGenJob)...)
 	return allErrs.ToAggregate()
 }