diff --git a/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go b/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
index 717acb3449..761155dca3 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
@@ -669,7 +669,6 @@ func constraintGRPCSpec(grpcSpec *grpc.Spec) {
 	// By now only CPU constraints are supported
 	// Issue: https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/issues/158
 	// Issue: https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/issues/204
-	grpcSpec.Linux.Resources.Devices = nil
 	grpcSpec.Linux.Resources.Pids = nil
 	grpcSpec.Linux.Resources.BlockIO = nil
 	grpcSpec.Linux.Resources.HugepageLimits = nil
diff --git a/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go b/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
index e4892f7fc6..56532a3f34 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ func TestConstraintGRPCSpec(t *testing.T) {
 	// check nil fields
 	assert.Nil(g.Hooks)
 	assert.Nil(g.Linux.Seccomp)
-	assert.Nil(g.Linux.Resources.Devices)
+	assert.NotNil(g.Linux.Resources.Devices)
 	assert.NotNil(g.Linux.Resources.Memory)
 	assert.Nil(g.Linux.Resources.Pids)
 	assert.Nil(g.Linux.Resources.BlockIO)