diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/v1/defaults.go b/pkg/apis/core/v1/defaults.go
index f4d1a84dd97..4a2b8b399ac 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/v1/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/v1/defaults.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import (
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
+	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/parsers"
 	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 )
@@ -157,6 +159,27 @@ func SetDefaults_Pod(obj *v1.Pod) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.InPlacePodVerticalScaling) {
+			// For normal containers, set resize restart policy to default value (RestartNotRequired), if not specified.
+			resizePolicySpecified := make(map[v1.ResourceName]bool)
+			for _, p := range obj.Spec.Containers[i].ResizePolicy {
+				resizePolicySpecified[p.ResourceName] = true
+			}
+			if _, found := resizePolicySpecified[v1.ResourceCPU]; !found {
+				obj.Spec.Containers[i].ResizePolicy = append(obj.Spec.Containers[i].ResizePolicy,
+					v1.ContainerResizePolicy{
+						ResourceName:  v1.ResourceCPU,
+						RestartPolicy: v1.RestartNotRequired,
+					})
+			}
+			if _, found := resizePolicySpecified[v1.ResourceMemory]; !found {
+				obj.Spec.Containers[i].ResizePolicy = append(obj.Spec.Containers[i].ResizePolicy,
+					v1.ContainerResizePolicy{
+						ResourceName:  v1.ResourceMemory,
+						RestartPolicy: v1.RestartNotRequired,
+					})
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	for i := range obj.Spec.InitContainers {
 		if obj.Spec.InitContainers[i].Resources.Limits != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/v1/defaults_test.go b/pkg/apis/core/v1/defaults_test.go
index 5c9688471e3..256e29bf158 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/v1/defaults_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/v1/defaults_test.go
@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ func testPodDefaults(t *testing.T, featuresEnabled bool) {
 		".Spec.Volumes[0].VolumeSource.ScaleIO.StorageMode":                                           `"ThinProvisioned"`,
 		".Spec.Volumes[0].VolumeSource.Secret.DefaultMode":                                            `420`,
 	}
+	if featuresEnabled {
+		expectedDefaults[".Spec.Containers[0].ResizePolicy"] = `[{"resourceName":"cpu","restartPolicy":"RestartNotRequired"},{"resourceName":"memory","restartPolicy":"RestartNotRequired"}]`
+	}
 	defaults := detectDefaults(t, pod, reflect.ValueOf(pod))
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectedDefaults, defaults) {
 		t.Errorf("Defaults for PodSpec changed. This can cause spurious restarts of containers on API server upgrade.")