diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/allocation/allocation_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/allocation/allocation_manager.go
index 7a977b7d4d9..c56816ca7b5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/allocation/allocation_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/allocation/allocation_manager.go
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func (m *manager) AddPod(activePods []*v1.Pod, pod *v1.Pod) (bool, string, strin
 	allocatedPods := m.getAllocatedPods(activePods)
 	ok, reason, message := m.canAdmitPod(allocatedPods, pod)
 
-	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.InPlacePodVerticalScaling) {
+	if ok && utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.InPlacePodVerticalScaling) {
 		// Checkpoint the resource values at which the Pod has been admitted or resized.
 		if err := m.SetAllocatedResources(pod); err != nil {
 			// TODO(vinaykul,InPlacePodVerticalScaling): Can we recover from this in some way? Investigate