diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/api/node_info.go b/pkg/scheduler/api/node_info.go
index 59edb3e8fa..2f4d3bc482 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/api/node_info.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/api/node_info.go
@@ -295,17 +295,34 @@ func (ni *NodeInfo) setNodeGPUInfo(node *v1.Node) {
 
 // SetNode sets kubernetes node object to nodeInfo object
 func (ni *NodeInfo) SetNode(node *v1.Node) {
-	ni.setOversubscription(node)
 	ni.setNodeState(node)
-	ni.setNodeGPUInfo(node)
-	ni.setRevocableZone(node)
-
 	if !ni.Ready() {
-		klog.Warningf("Failed to set node info, phase: %s, reason: %s",
-			ni.State.Phase, ni.State.Reason)
+		klog.Warningf("Failed to set node info for %s, phase: %s, reason: %s",
+			ni.Name, ni.State.Phase, ni.State.Reason)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Dry run, make sure all fields other than `State` are in the original state.
+	copy := ni.Clone()
+	copy.setNode(node)
+	copy.setNodeState(node)
+	if !copy.Ready() {
+		klog.Warningf("SetNode makes node %s not ready, phase: %s, reason: %s",
+			copy.Name, copy.State.Phase, copy.State.Reason)
+		// Set state of node to !Ready, left other fields untouched
+		ni.State = copy.State
 		return
 	}
 
+	ni.setNode(node)
+}
+
+// setNode sets kubernetes node object to nodeInfo object without assertion
+func (ni *NodeInfo) setNode(node *v1.Node) {
+	ni.setOversubscription(node)
+	ni.setNodeGPUInfo(node)
+	ni.setRevocableZone(node)
+
 	ni.Name = node.Name
 	ni.Node = node
 
@@ -319,14 +336,14 @@ func (ni *NodeInfo) SetNode(node *v1.Node) {
 	for _, ti := range ni.Tasks {
 		switch ti.Status {
 		case Releasing:
-			ni.Idle.Sub(ti.Resreq)
+			ni.Idle.sub(ti.Resreq) // sub without assertion
 			ni.Releasing.Add(ti.Resreq)
 			ni.Used.Add(ti.Resreq)
 			ni.AddGPUResource(ti.Pod)
 		case Pipelined:
 			ni.Pipelined.Add(ti.Resreq)
 		default:
-			ni.Idle.Sub(ti.Resreq)
+			ni.Idle.sub(ti.Resreq) // sub without assertion
 			ni.Used.Add(ti.Resreq)
 			ni.AddGPUResource(ti.Pod)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/api/node_info_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/api/node_info_test.go
index 978ef7c5c7..c14e3c3a46 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/api/node_info_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/api/node_info_test.go
@@ -167,3 +167,69 @@ func TestNodeInfo_RemovePod(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNodeInfo_SetNode(t *testing.T) {
+	// case1
+	case01Node1 := buildNode("n1", buildResourceList("10", "10G"))
+	case01Node2 := buildNode("n1", buildResourceList("8", "8G"))
+	case01Pod1 := buildPod("c1", "p1", "n1", v1.PodRunning, buildResourceList("1", "1G"), []metav1.OwnerReference{}, make(map[string]string))
+	case01Pod2 := buildPod("c1", "p2", "n1", v1.PodRunning, buildResourceList("2", "2G"), []metav1.OwnerReference{}, make(map[string]string))
+	case01Pod3 := buildPod("c1", "p3", "n1", v1.PodRunning, buildResourceList("6", "6G"), []metav1.OwnerReference{}, make(map[string]string))
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		node     *v1.Node
+		updated  *v1.Node
+		pods     []*v1.Pod
+		expected *NodeInfo
+	}{
+		{
+			name:    "add 3 running non-owner pod",
+			node:    case01Node1,
+			updated: case01Node2,
+			pods:    []*v1.Pod{case01Pod1, case01Pod2, case01Pod3},
+			expected: &NodeInfo{
+				Name:                     "n1",
+				Node:                     case01Node1,
+				Idle:                     buildResource("1", "1G"),
+				Used:                     buildResource("9", "9G"),
+				OversubscriptionResource: EmptyResource(),
+				Releasing:                EmptyResource(),
+				Pipelined:                EmptyResource(),
+				Allocatable:              buildResource("10", "10G"),
+				Capability:               buildResource("10", "10G"),
+				State:                    NodeState{Phase: NotReady, Reason: "OutOfSync"},
+				Tasks: map[TaskID]*TaskInfo{
+					"c1/p1": NewTaskInfo(case01Pod1),
+					"c1/p2": NewTaskInfo(case01Pod2),
+					"c1/p3": NewTaskInfo(case01Pod3),
+				},
+				GPUDevices: make(map[int]*GPUDevice),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		ni := NewNodeInfo(test.node)
+		for _, pod := range test.pods {
+			pi := NewTaskInfo(pod)
+			ni.AddTask(pi)
+			ni.Name = pod.Spec.NodeName
+		}
+
+		// OutOfSync. e.g.: nvidia-device-plugin is down causes gpus turn from 8 to 0 (node.status.allocatable."nvidia.com/gpu": 0)
+		ni.SetNode(test.updated)
+		if !nodeInfoEqual(ni, test.expected) {
+			t.Errorf("node info %d: \n expected\t%v, \n got\t\t%v \n",
+				i, test.expected, ni)
+		}
+
+		// Recover. e.g.: nvidia-device-plugin is restarted successfully
+		ni.SetNode(test.node)
+		test.expected.State = NodeState{Phase: Ready}
+		if !nodeInfoEqual(ni, test.expected) {
+			t.Errorf("recovered %d: \n expected\t%v, \n got\t\t%v \n",
+				i, test.expected, ni)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/api/resource_info.go b/pkg/scheduler/api/resource_info.go
index 7101ec82a3..8cd8999aa6 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/api/resource_info.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/api/resource_info.go
@@ -197,10 +197,14 @@ func (r *Resource) Add(rr *Resource) *Resource {
 	return r
 }
 
-//Sub subtracts two Resource objects.
+// Sub subtracts two Resource objects with assertion.
 func (r *Resource) Sub(rr *Resource) *Resource {
 	assert.Assertf(rr.LessEqual(r, Zero), "resource is not sufficient to do operation: <%v> sub <%v>", r, rr)
+	return r.sub(rr)
+}
 
+// sub subtracts two Resource objects.
+func (r *Resource) sub(rr *Resource) *Resource {
 	r.MilliCPU -= rr.MilliCPU
 	r.Memory -= rr.Memory