diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noderesources/fit.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noderesources/fit.go
index 7fea684e42d..ff62eff0041 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noderesources/fit.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noderesources/fit.go
@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@ func fitsRequest(podRequest *preFilterState, nodeInfo *framework.NodeInfo, ignor
 	}
 
 	for rName, rQuant := range podRequest.ScalarResources {
+		// Skip in case request quantity is zero
+		if rQuant == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if v1helper.IsExtendedResourceName(rName) {
 			// If this resource is one of the extended resources that should be ignored, we will skip checking it.
 			// rName is guaranteed to have a slash due to API validation.
@@ -311,6 +316,7 @@ func fitsRequest(podRequest *preFilterState, nodeInfo *framework.NodeInfo, ignor
 				continue
 			}
 		}
+
 		if rQuant > (nodeInfo.Allocatable.ScalarResources[rName] - nodeInfo.Requested.ScalarResources[rName]) {
 			insufficientResources = append(insufficientResources, InsufficientResource{
 				ResourceName: rName,
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noderesources/fit_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noderesources/fit_test.go
index 08188da4998..a2a93d87d98 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noderesources/fit_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noderesources/fit_test.go
@@ -458,6 +458,19 @@ func TestEnoughRequests(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			pod: newResourcePod(
+				framework.Resource{
+					MilliCPU: 1,
+					Memory:   1,
+					ScalarResources: map[v1.ResourceName]int64{
+						extendedResourceA: 0,
+					}}),
+			nodeInfo: framework.NewNodeInfo(newResourcePod(framework.Resource{
+				MilliCPU: 0, Memory: 0, ScalarResources: map[v1.ResourceName]int64{extendedResourceA: 6}})),
+			name:                      "skip checking extended resource request with quantity zero via resource groups",
+			wantInsufficientResources: []InsufficientResource{},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range enoughPodsTests {