diff --git a/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go b/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go
index 92efa3025bc..068ff294cc3 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go
@@ -2905,6 +2905,7 @@ func TestPodResizePrepareForUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.InPlacePodVerticalScaling, true)
+			featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.InPlacePodVerticalScalingAllocatedStatus, true)
 			ctx := context.Background()
 			ResizeStrategy.PrepareForUpdate(ctx, tc.newPod, tc.oldPod)
 			if !cmp.Equal(tc.expected, tc.newPod) {