diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go
index 0f1c2a40c51..0d4ed88af75 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go
@@ -1506,6 +1506,118 @@ func TestPriorityQueue_MoveAllToActiveOrBackoffQueue(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPriorityQueue_MoveAllToActiveOrBackoffQueueWithOutQueueingHint(t *testing.T) {
+	c := testingclock.NewFakeClock(time.Now())
+	logger, ctx := ktesting.NewTestContext(t)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	defer cancel()
+	m := makeEmptyQueueingHintMapPerProfile()
+	defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.SchedulerQueueingHints, false)()
+	m[""][NodeAdd] = []*QueueingHintFunction{
+		{
+			PluginName:     "fooPlugin",
+			QueueingHintFn: queueHintReturnQueue,
+		},
+	}
+	q := NewTestQueue(ctx, newDefaultQueueSort(), WithClock(c), WithQueueingHintMapPerProfile(m))
+	// To simulate the pod is failed in scheduling in the real world, Pop() the pod from activeQ before AddUnschedulableIfNotPresent()s below.
+	if err := q.Add(logger, medPriorityPodInfo.Pod); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("add failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	err := q.AddUnschedulableIfNotPresent(logger, q.newQueuedPodInfo(unschedulablePodInfo.Pod, "fooPlugin"), q.SchedulingCycle())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error from AddUnschedulableIfNotPresent: %v", err)
+	}
+	err = q.AddUnschedulableIfNotPresent(logger, q.newQueuedPodInfo(highPriorityPodInfo.Pod, "fooPlugin"), q.SchedulingCycle())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error from AddUnschedulableIfNotPresent: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Construct a Pod, but don't associate its scheduler failure to any plugin
+	hpp1 := clonePod(highPriorityPodInfo.Pod, "hpp1")
+	// This Pod will go to backoffQ because no failure plugin is associated with it.
+	err = q.AddUnschedulableIfNotPresent(logger, q.newQueuedPodInfo(hpp1), q.SchedulingCycle())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error from AddUnschedulableIfNotPresent: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Construct another Pod, and associate its scheduler failure to plugin "barPlugin".
+	hpp2 := clonePod(highPriorityPodInfo.Pod, "hpp2")
+	// This Pod will go to the unschedulable Pod pool.
+	err = q.AddUnschedulableIfNotPresent(logger, q.newQueuedPodInfo(hpp2, "barPlugin"), q.SchedulingCycle())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error from AddUnschedulableIfNotPresent: %v", err)
+	}
+	// This NodeAdd event moves unschedulablePodInfo and highPriorityPodInfo to the backoffQ,
+	// because of the queueing hint function registered for NodeAdd/fooPlugin.
+	q.MoveAllToActiveOrBackoffQueue(logger, NodeAdd, nil, nil, nil)
+	if q.activeQ.Len() != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 1 item to be in activeQ, but got: %v", q.activeQ.Len())
+	}
+	// Pop out the medPriorityPodInfo in activeQ.
+	if p, err := q.Pop(logger); err != nil || p.Pod != medPriorityPodInfo.Pod {
+		t.Errorf("Expected: %v after Pop, but got: %v", medPriorityPodInfo.Pod, p.Pod.Name)
+	}
+	// hpp2 won't be moved.
+	if q.podBackoffQ.Len() != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 3 items to be in podBackoffQ, but got: %v", q.podBackoffQ.Len())
+	}
+
+	// pop out the pods in the backoffQ.
+	// This doesn't make them in-flight pods.
+	for q.podBackoffQ.Len() != 0 {
+		_, err = q.podBackoffQ.Pop()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("pop failed: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	q.schedulingCycle++
+	unschedulableQueuedPodInfo := q.newQueuedPodInfo(unschedulablePodInfo.Pod, "fooPlugin")
+	highPriorityQueuedPodInfo := q.newQueuedPodInfo(highPriorityPodInfo.Pod, "fooPlugin")
+	hpp1QueuedPodInfo := q.newQueuedPodInfo(hpp1)
+	err = q.AddUnschedulableIfNotPresent(logger, unschedulableQueuedPodInfo, q.SchedulingCycle())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error from AddUnschedulableIfNotPresent: %v", err)
+	}
+	err = q.AddUnschedulableIfNotPresent(logger, highPriorityQueuedPodInfo, q.SchedulingCycle())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error from AddUnschedulableIfNotPresent: %v", err)
+	}
+	err = q.AddUnschedulableIfNotPresent(logger, hpp1QueuedPodInfo, q.SchedulingCycle())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error from AddUnschedulableIfNotPresent: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err = q.Add(logger, medPriorityPodInfo.Pod); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("add failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	// hpp1 will go to backoffQ because no failure plugin is associated with it.
+	// All plugins other than hpp1 are enqueued to the unschedulable Pod pool.
+	for _, pod := range []*v1.Pod{unschedulablePodInfo.Pod, highPriorityPodInfo.Pod, hpp2} {
+		if q.unschedulablePods.get(pod) == nil {
+			t.Errorf("Expected %v in the unschedulablePods", pod.Name)
+		}
+	}
+	if _, ok, _ := q.podBackoffQ.Get(hpp1QueuedPodInfo); !ok {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v in the podBackoffQ", hpp1.Name)
+	}
+
+	// Move clock by podInitialBackoffDuration, so that pods in the unschedulablePods would pass the backing off,
+	// and the pods will be moved into activeQ.
+	c.Step(q.podInitialBackoffDuration)
+	q.flushBackoffQCompleted(logger) // flush the completed backoffQ to move hpp1 to activeQ.
+	q.MoveAllToActiveOrBackoffQueue(logger, NodeAdd, nil, nil, nil)
+	if q.activeQ.Len() != 4 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 4 items to be in activeQ, but got: %v", q.activeQ.Len())
+	}
+	if q.podBackoffQ.Len() != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 0 item to be in podBackoffQ, but got: %v", q.podBackoffQ.Len())
+	}
+	if len(q.unschedulablePods.podInfoMap) != 1 {
+		// hpp2 won't be moved regardless of its backoff timer.
+		t.Errorf("Expected 1 item to be in unschedulablePods, but got: %v", len(q.unschedulablePods.podInfoMap))
+	}
+}
+
 func clonePod(pod *v1.Pod, newName string) *v1.Pod {
 	pod = pod.DeepCopy()
 	pod.Name = newName