diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
index 802d83156ac..8a61d65ddd1 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
@@ -5710,7 +5710,6 @@ func dropCPUMemoryResourcesFromContainer(container *core.Container, oldPodSpecCo
 	lim := dropCPUMemoryUpdates(container.Resources.Limits, oldPodSpecContainer.Resources.Limits)
 	req := dropCPUMemoryUpdates(container.Resources.Requests, oldPodSpecContainer.Resources.Requests)
 	container.Resources = core.ResourceRequirements{Limits: lim, Requests: req}
-	container.ResizePolicy = oldPodSpecContainer.ResizePolicy // +k8s:verify-mutation:reason=clone
 }
 
 // isPodResizeRequestSupported checks whether the pod is running on a node with InPlacePodVerticalScaling enabled.
diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
index a21a0a84586..75e3f1227a9 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -26073,6 +26073,16 @@ func TestValidatePodResize(t *testing.T) {
 			old:  mkPodWithInitContainers(getResources("100m", "0", "1Gi", ""), core.ResourceList{}, core.ContainerRestartPolicyAlways),
 			new:  mkPodWithInitContainers(getResources("100m", "0", "2Gi", ""), core.ResourceList{}, core.ContainerRestartPolicyAlways),
 			err:  "spec: Forbidden: only cpu and memory resources for sidecar containers are mutable",
+		}, {
+			test: "change resize restart policy",
+			old:  mkPod(getResources("100m", "0", "1Gi", ""), core.ResourceList{}, resizePolicy(core.ResourceCPU, core.NotRequired)),
+			new:  mkPod(getResources("100m", "0", "2Gi", ""), core.ResourceList{}, resizePolicy(core.ResourceCPU, core.RestartContainer)),
+			err:  "spec: Forbidden: only cpu and memory resources are mutable",
+		}, {
+			test: "change sidecar container resize restart policy",
+			old:  mkPodWithInitContainers(getResources("100m", "0", "1Gi", ""), core.ResourceList{}, core.ContainerRestartPolicyAlways, resizePolicy(core.ResourceMemory, core.RestartContainer)),
+			new:  mkPodWithInitContainers(getResources("100m", "0", "2Gi", ""), core.ResourceList{}, core.ContainerRestartPolicyAlways, resizePolicy(core.ResourceMemory, core.NotRequired)),
+			err:  "spec: Forbidden: only cpu and memory resources are mutable",
 		},
 	}