diff --git a/pkg/schedule/schedulers/evict_leader.go b/pkg/schedule/schedulers/evict_leader.go
index 355ea4d4017..403ce79ac28 100644
--- a/pkg/schedule/schedulers/evict_leader.go
+++ b/pkg/schedule/schedulers/evict_leader.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func (conf *evictLeaderSchedulerConfig) BuildWithArgs(args []string) error {
 	failpoint.Inject("buildWithArgsErr", func() {
 		failpoint.Return(errors.New("fail to build with args"))
 	})
-	if len(args) != 1 {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
 		return errs.ErrSchedulerConfig.FastGenByArgs("id")
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/schedule/schedulers/grant_leader.go b/pkg/schedule/schedulers/grant_leader.go
index 6e3ce6c282d..9cf605bf099 100644
--- a/pkg/schedule/schedulers/grant_leader.go
+++ b/pkg/schedule/schedulers/grant_leader.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ type grantLeaderSchedulerConfig struct {
 }
 
 func (conf *grantLeaderSchedulerConfig) BuildWithArgs(args []string) error {
-	if len(args) != 1 {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
 		return errs.ErrSchedulerConfig.FastGenByArgs("id")
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/schedule/schedulers/init.go b/pkg/schedule/schedulers/init.go
index 711ed8f68e2..7c946dd4a05 100644
--- a/pkg/schedule/schedulers/init.go
+++ b/pkg/schedule/schedulers/init.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func schedulersRegister() {
 	// evict leader
 	schedule.RegisterSliceDecoderBuilder(EvictLeaderType, func(args []string) schedule.ConfigDecoder {
 		return func(v interface{}) error {
-			if len(args) != 1 {
+			if len(args) < 1 {
 				return errs.ErrSchedulerConfig.FastGenByArgs("id")
 			}
 			conf, ok := v.(*evictLeaderSchedulerConfig)
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func schedulersRegister() {
 	// grant leader
 	schedule.RegisterSliceDecoderBuilder(GrantLeaderType, func(args []string) schedule.ConfigDecoder {
 		return func(v interface{}) error {
-			if len(args) != 1 {
+			if len(args) < 1 {
 				return errs.ErrSchedulerConfig.FastGenByArgs("id")
 			}
 
diff --git a/plugin/scheduler_example/evict_leader.go b/plugin/scheduler_example/evict_leader.go
index 1d10530d44e..251583bb1e3 100644
--- a/plugin/scheduler_example/evict_leader.go
+++ b/plugin/scheduler_example/evict_leader.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const (
 func init() {
 	schedule.RegisterSliceDecoderBuilder(EvictLeaderType, func(args []string) schedule.ConfigDecoder {
 		return func(v interface{}) error {
-			if len(args) != 1 {
+			if len(args) < 1 {
 				return errors.New("should specify the store-id")
 			}
 			conf, ok := v.(*evictLeaderSchedulerConfig)
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ type evictLeaderSchedulerConfig struct {
 }
 
 func (conf *evictLeaderSchedulerConfig) BuildWithArgs(args []string) error {
-	if len(args) != 1 {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
 		return errors.New("should specify the store-id")
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/pdctl/scheduler/scheduler_test.go b/tests/pdctl/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
index 8694f06a05a..31079e5df1e 100644
--- a/tests/pdctl/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/tests/pdctl/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
@@ -529,6 +529,13 @@ func TestEvictLeaderScheduler(t *testing.T) {
 	output, err := pdctl.ExecuteCommand(cmd, []string{"-u", pdAddr, "scheduler", "add", "evict-leader-scheduler", "2"}...)
 	re.NoError(err)
 	re.Contains(string(output), "Success!")
+	re.False(false, leaderServer.GetRaftCluster().GetStore(2).AllowLeaderTransfer())
+	// execute twice to verify this issue: https://github.com/tikv/pd/issues/8756
+	output, err = pdctl.ExecuteCommand(cmd, []string{"-u", pdAddr, "scheduler", "add", "evict-leader-scheduler", "2"}...)
+	re.NoError(err)
+	re.Contains(string(output), "Success!")
+	re.False(false, leaderServer.GetRaftCluster().GetStore(2).AllowLeaderTransfer())
+
 	failpoint.Enable("github.com/tikv/pd/pkg/schedule/schedulers/buildWithArgsErr", "return(true)")
 	output, err = pdctl.ExecuteCommand(cmd, []string{"-u", pdAddr, "scheduler", "add", "evict-leader-scheduler", "1"}...)
 	re.NoError(err)