diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/backend/queue/scheduling_queue.go b/pkg/scheduler/backend/queue/scheduling_queue.go
index a2d326e6303..d1b83fe6dd8 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/backend/queue/scheduling_queue.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/backend/queue/scheduling_queue.go
@@ -413,6 +413,18 @@ func (p *PriorityQueue) isPodWorthRequeuing(logger klog.Logger, pInfo *framework
 	}
 
 	if event.IsWildCard() {
+		// If the wildcard event has a Pod in newObj,
+		// that indicates that the event wants to be effective for the Pod only.
+		// Specifically, EventForceActivate could have a target Pod in newObj.
+		if newObj != nil {
+			if pod, ok := newObj.(*v1.Pod); ok && pod.UID == pInfo.Pod.UID {
+				logger.V(6).Info("Worth requeuing because the event is wildcard", "pod", klog.KObj(pInfo.Pod))
+				return queueAfterBackoff
+			}
+			// This wildcard event is not for this Pod.
+			return queueSkip
+		}
+
 		// If the wildcard event is special one as someone wants to force all Pods to move to activeQ/backoffQ.
 		// We return queueAfterBackoff in this case, while resetting all blocked plugins.
 		logger.V(6).Info("Worth requeuing because the event is wildcard", "pod", klog.KObj(pInfo.Pod))
@@ -609,6 +621,8 @@ func (p *PriorityQueue) Activate(logger klog.Logger, pods map[string]*v1.Pod) {
 		}
 
 		// If this pod is in-flight, register the activation event so that the pod will be requeued when it comes back.
+		// Specifically in the in-tree plugins, this is for the scenario with the preemption plugin
+		// where the async preemption API calls are all done or fail at some point before the Pod comes back to the queue.
 		p.activeQ.addEventsIfPodInFlight(nil, pod, []framework.ClusterEvent{framework.EventForceActivate})
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/backend/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/backend/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go
index 5c74bd130ef..ce4c1918156 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/backend/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/backend/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go
@@ -3838,6 +3838,7 @@ func mustNewPodInfo(pod *v1.Pod) *framework.PodInfo {
 
 // Test_isPodWorthRequeuing tests isPodWorthRequeuing function.
 func Test_isPodWorthRequeuing(t *testing.T) {
+	metrics.Register()
 	count := 0
 	queueHintReturnQueue := func(logger klog.Logger, pod *v1.Pod, oldObj, newObj interface{}) (framework.QueueingHint, error) {
 		count++
@@ -3916,11 +3917,37 @@ func Test_isPodWorthRequeuing(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			event:                  framework.EventUnschedulableTimeout,
 			oldObj:                 nil,
-			newObj:                 st.MakeNode().Obj(),
+			newObj:                 nil,
 			expected:               queueAfterBackoff,
 			expectedExecutionCount: 0,
 			queueingHintMap:        QueueingHintMapPerProfile{},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "return Queue when the event is wildcard and the wildcard targets the pod to be requeued right now",
+			podInfo: &framework.QueuedPodInfo{
+				UnschedulablePlugins: sets.New("fooPlugin1"),
+				PodInfo:              mustNewPodInfo(st.MakePod().Name("pod1").Namespace("ns1").UID("1").Obj()),
+			},
+			event:                  framework.EventForceActivate,
+			oldObj:                 nil,
+			newObj:                 st.MakePod().Name("pod1").Namespace("ns1").UID("1").Obj(),
+			expected:               queueAfterBackoff,
+			expectedExecutionCount: 0,
+			queueingHintMap:        QueueingHintMapPerProfile{},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "return Skip when the event is wildcard, but the wildcard targets a different pod",
+			podInfo: &framework.QueuedPodInfo{
+				UnschedulablePlugins: sets.New("fooPlugin1"),
+				PodInfo:              mustNewPodInfo(st.MakePod().Name("pod1").Namespace("ns1").UID("1").Obj()),
+			},
+			event:                  framework.EventForceActivate,
+			oldObj:                 nil,
+			newObj:                 st.MakePod().Name("pod-different").Namespace("ns2").UID("2").Obj(),
+			expected:               queueSkip,
+			expectedExecutionCount: 0,
+			queueingHintMap:        QueueingHintMapPerProfile{},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "interprets Queue from the Pending plugin as queueImmediately",
 			podInfo: &framework.QueuedPodInfo{