diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_stub.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_stub.go
index 56176e22d9c..6fa2f62555b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_stub.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_stub.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package cm
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
@@ -96,11 +98,11 @@ func (cm *containerManagerStub) GetDevicePluginResourceCapacity() (v1.ResourceLi
 }
 
 func (m *podContainerManagerStub) GetPodCgroupConfig(_ *v1.Pod, _ v1.ResourceName) (*ResourceConfig, error) {
-	return nil, nil
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("not implemented")
 }
 
 func (m *podContainerManagerStub) SetPodCgroupConfig(_ *v1.Pod, _ v1.ResourceName, _ *ResourceConfig) error {
-	return nil
+	return fmt.Errorf("not implemented")
 }
 
 func (cm *containerManagerStub) NewPodContainerManager() PodContainerManager {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
index ca3dc026784..5337e8ad1db 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
@@ -697,6 +697,11 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) doPodResizeAction(pod *v1.Pod, podStatus *ku
 		return err
 	}
 	if len(podContainerChanges.ContainersToUpdate[v1.ResourceMemory]) > 0 || podContainerChanges.UpdatePodResources {
+		if podResources.Memory == nil {
+			klog.ErrorS(nil, "podResources.Memory is nil", "pod", pod.Name)
+			result.Fail(fmt.Errorf("podResources.Memory is nil for pod %s", pod.Name))
+			return
+		}
 		currentPodMemoryConfig, err := pcm.GetPodCgroupConfig(pod, v1.ResourceMemory)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.ErrorS(err, "GetPodCgroupConfig for memory failed", "pod", pod.Name)
@@ -720,6 +725,11 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) doPodResizeAction(pod *v1.Pod, podStatus *ku
 		}
 	}
 	if len(podContainerChanges.ContainersToUpdate[v1.ResourceCPU]) > 0 || podContainerChanges.UpdatePodResources {
+		if podResources.CPUQuota == nil || podResources.CPUShares == nil {
+			klog.ErrorS(nil, "podResources.CPUQuota or podResources.CPUShares is nil", "pod", pod.Name)
+			result.Fail(fmt.Errorf("podResources.CPUQuota or podResources.CPUShares is nil for pod %s", pod.Name))
+			return
+		}
 		currentPodCpuConfig, err := pcm.GetPodCgroupConfig(pod, v1.ResourceCPU)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.ErrorS(err, "GetPodCgroupConfig for CPU failed", "pod", pod.Name)
@@ -941,6 +951,7 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) computePodActions(ctx context.Context, pod *
 			message = fmt.Sprintf("Container %s failed startup probe", container.Name)
 			reason = reasonStartupProbe
 		} else if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.InPlacePodVerticalScaling) &&
+			!types.IsStaticPod(pod) &&
 			!m.computePodResizeAction(pod, idx, containerStatus, &changes) {
 			// computePodResizeAction updates 'changes' if resize policy requires restarting this container
 			continue
@@ -1213,7 +1224,7 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) SyncPod(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod, po
 	}
 
 	// Step 7: For containers in podContainerChanges.ContainersToUpdate[CPU,Memory] list, invoke UpdateContainerResources
-	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.InPlacePodVerticalScaling) {
+	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.InPlacePodVerticalScaling) && !types.IsStaticPod(pod) {
 		if len(podContainerChanges.ContainersToUpdate) > 0 || podContainerChanges.UpdatePodResources {
 			m.doPodResizeAction(pod, podStatus, podContainerChanges, result)
 		}