diff --git a/pkg/util/reservation/reservation.go b/pkg/util/reservation/reservation.go
index cd31c3c83..d22bfbbd2 100644
--- a/pkg/util/reservation/reservation.go
+++ b/pkg/util/reservation/reservation.go
@@ -465,9 +465,6 @@ func GetRequiredReservationAffinity(pod *corev1.Pod) (*RequiredReservationAffini
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if len(reservationAffinity.ReservationSelector) == 0 && reservationAffinity.RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution == nil {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
 	var selector labels.Selector
 	if len(reservationAffinity.ReservationSelector) > 0 {
 		selector = labels.SelectorFromSet(reservationAffinity.ReservationSelector)