diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/dynamicresources/dynamicresources.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/dynamicresources/dynamicresources.go
index 46db7e45c09..80f9a1a37bf 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/dynamicresources/dynamicresources.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/dynamicresources/dynamicresources.go
@@ -721,7 +721,10 @@ func (pl *DynamicResources) Filter(ctx context.Context, cs fwk.CycleState, pod *
 		a, err := state.allocator.Allocate(allocCtx, node, claimsToAllocate)
 		switch {
 		case errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded):
-			return statusUnschedulable(logger, "timed out trying to allocate devices", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "node", klog.KObj(node), "resourceclaims", klog.KObjSlice(claimsToAllocate))
+			// Timeouts are transient, not a property of the node. Return Error
+			// so the pod retries via backoff instead of sitting in the
+			// unschedulable queue waiting for a cluster event.
+			return statusError(logger, fmt.Errorf("timed out trying to allocate devices"), "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "node", klog.KObj(node), "resourceclaims", klog.KObjSlice(claimsToAllocate))
 		case errors.Is(err, structured.ErrFailedAllocationOnNode):
 			// Not a fatal error, allocation on other nodes may proceed.
 			// The error is only surfaced if allocation fails on all nodes.
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/dynamicresources/dynamicresources_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/dynamicresources/dynamicresources_test.go
index 222fbbced21..d3d140e0009 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/dynamicresources/dynamicresources_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/dynamicresources/dynamicresources_test.go
@@ -2114,12 +2114,11 @@ func testPlugin(tCtx ktesting.TContext) {
 			want: want{
 				filter: perNodeResult{
 					workerNode.Name: {
-						status: fwk.NewStatus(fwk.UnschedulableAndUnresolvable, `timed out trying to allocate devices`),
+						// Timeouts return Error so the pod retries via backoff.
+						status: fwk.AsStatus(fmt.Errorf("timed out trying to allocate devices")),
 					},
 				},
-				postfilter: result{
-					status: fwk.NewStatus(fwk.Unschedulable, `still not schedulable`),
-				},
+				// No postfilter: Error aborts scheduling immediately.
 			},
 			// Skipping this test case on Windows as a 1ns timeout is not guaranteed to
 			// expire immediately on Windows due to its coarser timer granularity -