diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/network/resource/NetscalerResource.java b/core/src/com/cloud/network/resource/NetscalerResource.java
index df6396dd7cc..fa50c46d12d 100644
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/network/resource/NetscalerResource.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/network/resource/NetscalerResource.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import com.citrix.netscaler.nitro.exception.nitro_exception;
 import com.citrix.netscaler.nitro.resource.base.base_response;
+import com.citrix.netscaler.nitro.resource.base.configobjects;
 import com.citrix.netscaler.nitro.resource.config.autoscale.autoscalepolicy;
 import com.citrix.netscaler.nitro.resource.config.autoscale.autoscaleprofile;
 import com.citrix.netscaler.nitro.resource.config.basic.server_service_binding;
@@ -94,6 +95,8 @@ import com.cloud.utils.exception.ExecutionException;
 import com.cloud.utils.net.NetUtils;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 
+import edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.Arrays;
+
 class NitroError {
     static final int NS_RESOURCE_EXISTS = 273;
     static final int NS_RESOURCE_NOT_EXISTS=258;
@@ -465,6 +468,10 @@ public class NetscalerResource implements ServerResource {
                 String nsVirtualServerName  = generateNSVirtualServerName(srcIp, srcPort);
 
                 if(loadBalancer.isAutoScaleVmGroupTO()) {
+                    if(!isAutoScaleSupportedInNetScaler()) {
+                        return new Answer(cmd, false, "AutoScale not supported in this version of NetScaler");
+                    }
+
                     applyAutoScaleConfig(loadBalancer);
                     return new Answer(cmd);
                 }
@@ -2139,18 +2146,23 @@ public class NetscalerResource implements ServerResource {
     }
 
     private boolean isAutoScaleSupportedInNetScaler() throws ExecutionException {
-        autoscaleprofile autoscaleProfile = new autoscaleprofile();
         try {
-            autoscaleProfile.get(_netscalerService);
-        } catch (Exception ex) {
-            // Looks like autoscale is not supported in this netscaler.
-            // TODO: Config team has introduce a new command to check
-            // the list of entities supported in a NetScaler. Can use that
-            // once it is present in AutoScale branch.
-            s_logger.warn("AutoScale is not supported in NetScaler");
+            configobjects netscaler_entities = configobjects.get(_netscalerService);
+            String[] config_entities =  netscaler_entities.get_objects();
+            if(Arrays.asList(config_entities).contains("autoscaleprofile"))
+                return true;
             return false;
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            // configobjects.get() when run against olderversions of netscaler where autoscale is not supported throws
+            // an error with "Expecting object found"
+            if(ex.getMessage().contains("Expecting object found"))
+            {
+                /* config objects itself is not present, this netscaler should not have autoscale*/
+                s_logger.warn("AutoScale is not supported in NetScaler");
+                return false;
+            }
+            throw new ExecutionException("Exception while checking if autoscale is supported in netscaler ", ex);
         }
-        return true;
     }
 
     private boolean isScaleUpPolicy(AutoScalePolicyTO autoScalePolicyTO) {