diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
index a9da3b0ee82..eda651fd575 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
@@ -4420,14 +4420,14 @@ func ValidateResourceRequirements(requirements *core.ResourceRequirements, fldPa
 		// Check that request <= limit.
 		limitQuantity, exists := requirements.Limits[resourceName]
 		if exists {
-			// For GPUs, not only requests can't exceed limits, they also can't be lower, i.e. must be equal.
+			// For non overcommitable resources, not only requests can't exceed limits, they also can't be lower, i.e. must be equal.
 			if quantity.Cmp(limitQuantity) != 0 && !helper.IsOvercommitAllowed(resourceName) {
 				allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(reqPath, quantity.String(), fmt.Sprintf("must be equal to %s limit", resourceName)))
 			} else if quantity.Cmp(limitQuantity) > 0 {
 				allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(reqPath, quantity.String(), fmt.Sprintf("must be less than or equal to %s limit", resourceName)))
 			}
-		} else if resourceName == core.ResourceNvidiaGPU {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(reqPath, quantity.String(), fmt.Sprintf("must be equal to %s request", core.ResourceNvidiaGPU)))
+		} else if !helper.IsOvercommitAllowed(resourceName) {
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Required(limPath, "Limit must be set for non overcommitable resources"))
 		}
 		if helper.IsHugePageResourceName(resourceName) {
 			reqContainsHugePages = true
diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
index bb0493b62f6..092aae51dda 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -6879,6 +6879,28 @@ func TestValidatePod(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		"invalid extended resource requirement without limit": {
+			expectedError: "Limit must be set",
+			spec: core.Pod{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "123", Namespace: "ns"},
+				Spec: core.PodSpec{
+					Containers: []core.Container{
+						{
+							Name:            "invalid",
+							Image:           "image",
+							ImagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent",
+							Resources: core.ResourceRequirements{
+								Requests: core.ResourceList{
+									core.ResourceName("example.com/a"): resource.MustParse("2"),
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					RestartPolicy: core.RestartPolicyAlways,
+					DNSPolicy:     core.DNSClusterFirst,
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		"invalid fractional extended resource in container request": {
 			expectedError: "must be an integer",
 			spec: core.Pod{