diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation_pluginargs.go b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation_pluginargs.go
index ce3ea2bd55a..56304b3e8f1 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation_pluginargs.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation_pluginargs.go
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func ValidateNodeResourcesFitArgs(path *field.Path, args *config.NodeResourcesFi
 
 	if args.ScoringStrategy != nil {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, validateResources(args.ScoringStrategy.Resources, path.Child("resources"))...)
-		if args.ScoringStrategy.RequestedToCapacityRatio != nil && len(args.ScoringStrategy.RequestedToCapacityRatio.Shape) > 0 {
+		if args.ScoringStrategy.RequestedToCapacityRatio != nil {
 			allErrs = append(allErrs, validateFunctionShape(args.ScoringStrategy.RequestedToCapacityRatio.Shape, path.Child("shape"))...)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation_pluginargs_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation_pluginargs_test.go
index 595f3b11845..33a41ec7b6f 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation_pluginargs_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation_pluginargs_test.go
@@ -947,6 +947,12 @@ func TestValidateMostAllocatedScoringStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestValidateRequestedToCapacityRatioScoringStrategy(t *testing.T) {
+	defaultShape := []config.UtilizationShapePoint{
+		{
+			Utilization: 30,
+			Score:       3,
+		},
+	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name      string
 		resources []config.ResourceSpec
@@ -954,7 +960,18 @@ func TestValidateRequestedToCapacityRatioScoringStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 		wantErrs  field.ErrorList
 	}{
 		{
-			name: "weight greater than max",
+			name:   "no shapes",
+			shapes: nil,
+			wantErrs: field.ErrorList{
+				{
+					Type:  field.ErrorTypeRequired,
+					Field: "shape",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "weight greater than max",
+			shapes: defaultShape,
 			resources: []config.ResourceSpec{
 				{
 					Name:   "cpu",
@@ -969,7 +986,8 @@ func TestValidateRequestedToCapacityRatioScoringStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name: "weight less than min",
+			name:   "weight less than min",
+			shapes: defaultShape,
 			resources: []config.ResourceSpec{
 				{
 					Name:   "cpu",
@@ -984,13 +1002,8 @@ func TestValidateRequestedToCapacityRatioScoringStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name: "valid shapes",
-			shapes: []config.UtilizationShapePoint{
-				{
-					Utilization: 30,
-					Score:       3,
-				},
-			},
+			name:     "valid shapes",
+			shapes:   defaultShape,
 			wantErrs: nil,
 		},
 		{