diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
index c0fe9393069..e04ec43dc86 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
@@ -5515,7 +5515,7 @@ func ValidatePodResize(newPod, oldPod *core.Pod, opts PodValidationOptions) fiel
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(specPath, newPod.Status.QOSClass, "Pod QOS Class may not change as a result of resizing"))
 	}
 
-	isPodResizeRequestValid := isPodResizeRequestValid(*oldPod)
+	isPodResizeRequestValid := isPodResizeRequestSupported(*oldPod)
 
 	if !isPodResizeRequestValid {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Forbidden(specPath, "Pod running on node without InPlacePodVerticalScaling feature gate enabled may not be updated"))
@@ -5561,22 +5561,20 @@ func ValidatePodResize(newPod, oldPod *core.Pod, opts PodValidationOptions) fiel
 	return allErrs
 }
 
-func isPodResizeRequestValid(pod core.Pod) bool {
+// isPodResizeRequestSupported checks whether the pod is running on a node with InPlacePodVerticalScaling enabled. 
+func isPodResizeRequestSupported(pod core.Pod) bool {
 	// TODO: Remove this after GA+3 releases of InPlacePodVerticalScaling
 	// This code handles the version skew as described in the KEP.
 	// For handling version skew we're only allowing to update the Pod's Resources
 	// if the Pod already has Pod.Status.ContainerStatuses[i].Resources. This means
 	// that the apiserver would only allow updates to Pods running on Nodes with
 	// the InPlacePodVerticalScaling feature gate enabled.
-	if !utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.InPlacePodVerticalScaling) {
-		return false
-	}
 	for _, c := range pod.Status.ContainerStatuses {
 		if c.State.Running != nil {
 			return c.Resources != nil
 		}
 	}
-	// No running containers
+	// No running containers. We cannot tell whether the node supports resize at this point, so we assume it does.
 	return true
 }