diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
index 5337e8ad1db..5721b9c9ede 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
@@ -524,6 +524,16 @@ func containerSucceeded(c *v1.Container, podStatus *kubecontainer.PodStatus) boo
 	return cStatus.ExitCode == 0
 }
 
+func isInPlacePodVerticalScalingAllowed(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
+	if !utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.InPlacePodVerticalScaling) {
+		return false
+	}
+	if types.IsStaticPod(pod) {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) computePodResizeAction(pod *v1.Pod, containerIdx int, kubeContainerStatus *kubecontainer.Status, changes *podActions) bool {
 	container := pod.Spec.Containers[containerIdx]
 	if container.Resources.Limits == nil || len(pod.Status.ContainerStatuses) == 0 {
@@ -885,7 +895,7 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) computePodActions(ctx context.Context, pod *
 		return changes
 	}
 
-	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.InPlacePodVerticalScaling) {
+	if isInPlacePodVerticalScalingAllowed(pod) {
 		changes.ContainersToUpdate = make(map[v1.ResourceName][]containerToUpdateInfo)
 		latestPodStatus, err := m.GetPodStatus(ctx, podStatus.ID, pod.Name, pod.Namespace)
 		if err == nil {
@@ -950,9 +960,7 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) computePodActions(ctx context.Context, pod *
 			// If the container failed the startup probe, we should kill it.
 			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) {
+		} else if isInPlacePodVerticalScalingAllowed(pod) && !m.computePodResizeAction(pod, idx, containerStatus, &changes) {
 			// computePodResizeAction updates 'changes' if resize policy requires restarting this container
 			continue
 		} else {
@@ -1224,7 +1232,7 @@ 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) && !types.IsStaticPod(pod) {
+	if isInPlacePodVerticalScalingAllowed(pod) {
 		if len(podContainerChanges.ContainersToUpdate) > 0 || podContainerChanges.UpdatePodResources {
 			m.doPodResizeAction(pod, podStatus, podContainerChanges, result)
 		}