diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates.go
index 95939bf5043..757ec892570 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates.go
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ func PodFitsResources(pod *v1.Pod, meta interface{}, nodeInfo *schedulercache.No
 		// We couldn't parse metadata - fallback to computing it.
 		podRequest = GetResourceRequest(pod)
 	}
-	if podRequest.MilliCPU == 0 && podRequest.Memory == 0 && podRequest.NvidiaGPU == 0 && len(podRequest.OpaqueIntResources) == 0 {
+	if podRequest.MilliCPU == 0 && podRequest.Memory == 0 && podRequest.NvidiaGPU == 0 && podRequest.StorageOverlay == 0 && len(podRequest.OpaqueIntResources) == 0 {
 		return len(predicateFails) == 0, predicateFails, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates_test.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates_test.go
index a410641e197..ff893bda469 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates_test.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates_test.go
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ func TestPodFitsResources(t *testing.T) {
 			nodeInfo: schedulercache.NewNodeInfo(
 				newResourcePod(schedulercache.Resource{MilliCPU: 10, Memory: 10, StorageOverlay: 20})),
 			fits: false,
-			test: "due to init container scratch disk",
+			test: "due to container scratch disk",
 			reasons: []algorithm.PredicateFailureReason{
 				NewInsufficientResourceError(v1.ResourceCPU, 1, 10, 10),
 				NewInsufficientResourceError(v1.ResourceStorageScratch, 1, 20, 20),
@@ -458,6 +458,16 @@ func TestPodFitsResources(t *testing.T) {
 				NewInsufficientResourceError(v1.ResourceStorageScratch, 18, 5, 20),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			pod: newResourcePod(schedulercache.Resource{StorageOverlay: 18}),
+			nodeInfo: schedulercache.NewNodeInfo(
+				newResourcePod(schedulercache.Resource{MilliCPU: 2, Memory: 2, StorageOverlay: 5})),
+			fits: false,
+			test: "request exceeds allocatable",
+			reasons: []algorithm.PredicateFailureReason{
+				NewInsufficientResourceError(v1.ResourceStorageScratch, 18, 5, 20),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			pod:           newResourcePod(schedulercache.Resource{MilliCPU: 1, Memory: 1, StorageOverlay: 10}),
 			emptyDirLimit: 15,