diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/manager.go
index dea81c1f1b7..5e1137c1149 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/manager.go
@@ -550,7 +550,10 @@ func (m *ManagerImpl) allocateContainerResources(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Cont
 	podUID := string(pod.UID)
 	contName := container.Name
 	allocatedDevicesUpdated := false
-	for k, v := range container.Resources.Limits {
+	// NOTE: Skipping the Resources.Limits is safe here because:
+	// 1. If container Spec mentions Limits only, implicitly Requests, equal to Limits, will get added to the Spec.
+	// 2. If container Spec mentions Limits, which are greater than or less than Requests, will fail at validation.
+	for k, v := range container.Resources.Requests {
 		resource := string(k)
 		needed := int(v.Value())
 		glog.V(3).Infof("needs %d %s", needed, resource)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/manager_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/manager_test.go
index 158163a4f60..d7a032694c5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/manager_test.go
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ func (m *MockEndpoint) allocate(devs []string) (*pluginapi.AllocateResponse, err
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func makePod(limits v1.ResourceList) *v1.Pod {
+func makePod(requests v1.ResourceList) *v1.Pod {
 	return &v1.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			UID: uuid.NewUUID(),
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ func makePod(limits v1.ResourceList) *v1.Pod {
 			Containers: []v1.Container{
 				{
 					Resources: v1.ResourceRequirements{
-						Limits: limits,
+						Requests: requests,
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ func TestInitContainerDeviceAllocation(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Name: string(uuid.NewUUID()),
 					Resources: v1.ResourceRequirements{
-						Limits: v1.ResourceList{
+						Requests: v1.ResourceList{
 							v1.ResourceName(res1.resourceName): res2.resourceQuantity,
 						},
 					},
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ func TestInitContainerDeviceAllocation(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Name: string(uuid.NewUUID()),
 					Resources: v1.ResourceRequirements{
-						Limits: v1.ResourceList{
+						Requests: v1.ResourceList{
 							v1.ResourceName(res1.resourceName): res1.resourceQuantity,
 						},
 					},
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ func TestInitContainerDeviceAllocation(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Name: string(uuid.NewUUID()),
 					Resources: v1.ResourceRequirements{
-						Limits: v1.ResourceList{
+						Requests: v1.ResourceList{
 							v1.ResourceName(res1.resourceName): res2.resourceQuantity,
 							v1.ResourceName(res2.resourceName): res2.resourceQuantity,
 						},
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ func TestInitContainerDeviceAllocation(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Name: string(uuid.NewUUID()),
 					Resources: v1.ResourceRequirements{
-						Limits: v1.ResourceList{
+						Requests: v1.ResourceList{
 							v1.ResourceName(res1.resourceName): res2.resourceQuantity,
 							v1.ResourceName(res2.resourceName): res2.resourceQuantity,
 						},