diff --git a/pkg/device/devices.go b/pkg/device/devices.go
index 7817660aa5..0efbe0d4d8 100644
--- a/pkg/device/devices.go
+++ b/pkg/device/devices.go
@@ -679,13 +679,14 @@ func CheckUUID(annos map[string]string, id, useKey, noUseKey, deviceType string)
 			return strings.TrimSpace(u) == id
 		})
 	}
-	if userUUID, ok := annos[useKey]; ok {
+	// An empty value means "no constraint" rather than "match nothing".
+	if userUUID, ok := annos[useKey]; ok && strings.TrimSpace(userUUID) != "" {
 		klog.V(5).Infof("check uuid for %s user uuid [%s], device id is %s", deviceType, userUUID, id)
 		if !match(userUUID) {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
-	if noUserUUID, ok := annos[noUseKey]; ok {
+	if noUserUUID, ok := annos[noUseKey]; ok && strings.TrimSpace(noUserUUID) != "" {
 		klog.V(5).Infof("check uuid for %s not user uuid [%s], device id is %s", deviceType, noUserUUID, id)
 		if match(noUserUUID) {
 			return false
@@ -693,3 +694,27 @@ func CheckUUID(annos map[string]string, id, useKey, noUseKey, deviceType string)
 	}
 	return true
 }
+
+// CheckType reports whether a device model is allowed by the use/noUse type
+// constraints in annos. It mirrors CheckUUID but matches the card model as a
+// case-insensitive substring instead of an exact device id. An empty value
+// means "no constraint" rather than "match nothing".
+func CheckType(annos map[string]string, cardType, useKey, noUseKey string) bool {
+	cardType = strings.ToUpper(cardType)
+	match := func(list string) bool {
+		return slices.ContainsFunc(strings.Split(list, ","), func(t string) bool {
+			return strings.Contains(cardType, strings.ToUpper(t))
+		})
+	}
+	if inuse, ok := annos[useKey]; ok && strings.TrimSpace(inuse) != "" {
+		if !match(inuse) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	if noUse, ok := annos[noUseKey]; ok && strings.TrimSpace(noUse) != "" {
+		if match(noUse) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/pkg/device/devices_test.go b/pkg/device/devices_test.go
index a8c22cdd04..1d602442fc 100644
--- a/pkg/device/devices_test.go
+++ b/pkg/device/devices_test.go
@@ -1454,6 +1454,30 @@ func TestCheckUUID(t *testing.T) {
 			id:   "abc",
 			want: true,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "empty GPUUseUUID annotation should not filter out any device",
+			annos: map[string]string{
+				GPUUseUUID: "",
+			},
+			id:   "abc",
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "whitespace-only GPUUseUUID annotation should not filter out any device",
+			annos: map[string]string{
+				GPUUseUUID: "   ",
+			},
+			id:   "abc",
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "empty GPUNoUseUUID annotation should not exclude any device",
+			annos: map[string]string{
+				GPUNoUseUUID: "",
+			},
+			id:   "abc",
+			want: true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
@@ -1464,6 +1488,71 @@ func TestCheckUUID(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestCheckType(t *testing.T) {
+	useKey := "example.com/use-gputype"
+	noUseKey := "example.com/nouse-gputype"
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		annos    map[string]string
+		cardType string
+		want     bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "no annotation is no constraint",
+			annos:    map[string]string{},
+			cardType: "NVIDIA-A100",
+			want:     true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "use list matches by substring",
+			annos:    map[string]string{useKey: "A100,V100"},
+			cardType: "NVIDIA-A100",
+			want:     true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "use list does not match",
+			annos:    map[string]string{useKey: "V100"},
+			cardType: "NVIDIA-A100",
+			want:     false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "nouse list matches excludes the device",
+			annos:    map[string]string{noUseKey: "A100"},
+			cardType: "NVIDIA-A100",
+			want:     false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "nouse list does not match keeps the device",
+			annos:    map[string]string{noUseKey: "V100"},
+			cardType: "NVIDIA-A100",
+			want:     true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "empty use value is no constraint",
+			annos:    map[string]string{useKey: ""},
+			cardType: "NVIDIA-A100",
+			want:     true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "whitespace-only nouse value excludes nothing",
+			annos:    map[string]string{noUseKey: "   "},
+			cardType: "NVIDIA-A100",
+			want:     true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "use satisfied and nouse matches still excludes",
+			annos:    map[string]string{useKey: "A100", noUseKey: "A100"},
+			cardType: "NVIDIA-A100",
+			want:     false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, test.want, CheckType(test.annos, test.cardType, useKey, noUseKey))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDeviceUsageDeepCopy(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name     string
diff --git a/pkg/device/hygon/device.go b/pkg/device/hygon/device.go
index af4c37fc65..a0b136137e 100644
--- a/pkg/device/hygon/device.go
+++ b/pkg/device/hygon/device.go
@@ -96,35 +96,7 @@ func (dev *DCUDevices) MutateAdmission(ctr *corev1.Container, p *corev1.Pod) (bo
 }
 
 func checkDCUtype(annos map[string]string, cardtype string) bool {
-	if inuse, ok := annos[DCUInUse]; ok {
-		if !strings.Contains(inuse, ",") {
-			if strings.Contains(strings.ToUpper(cardtype), strings.ToUpper(inuse)) {
-				return true
-			}
-		} else {
-			for val := range strings.SplitSeq(inuse, ",") {
-				if strings.Contains(strings.ToUpper(cardtype), strings.ToUpper(val)) {
-					return true
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return false
-	}
-	if nouse, ok := annos[DCUNoUse]; ok {
-		if !strings.Contains(nouse, ",") {
-			if strings.Contains(strings.ToUpper(cardtype), strings.ToUpper(nouse)) {
-				return false
-			}
-		} else {
-			for val := range strings.SplitSeq(nouse, ",") {
-				if strings.Contains(strings.ToUpper(cardtype), strings.ToUpper(val)) {
-					return false
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return true
-	}
-	return true
+	return device.CheckType(annos, cardtype, DCUInUse, DCUNoUse)
 }
 
 func (dev *DCUDevices) LockNode(n *corev1.Node, p *corev1.Pod) error {
diff --git a/pkg/device/hygon/device_test.go b/pkg/device/hygon/device_test.go
index ac251e07a3..d3197a60a3 100644
--- a/pkg/device/hygon/device_test.go
+++ b/pkg/device/hygon/device_test.go
@@ -191,6 +191,45 @@ func Test_checkDCUtype(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			want: true,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "empty use type annotation is no constraint",
+			args: struct {
+				annos    map[string]string
+				cardtype string
+			}{
+				annos: map[string]string{
+					"hygon.com/use-dcutype": "",
+				},
+				cardtype: "dcu",
+			},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "empty nouse type annotation excludes nothing",
+			args: struct {
+				annos    map[string]string
+				cardtype string
+			}{
+				annos: map[string]string{
+					"hygon.com/nouse-dcutype": "",
+				},
+				cardtype: "dcu",
+			},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "whitespace-only nouse type annotation excludes nothing",
+			args: struct {
+				annos    map[string]string
+				cardtype string
+			}{
+				annos: map[string]string{
+					"hygon.com/nouse-dcutype": "   ",
+				},
+				cardtype: "dcu",
+			},
+			want: true,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/device/nvidia/device.go b/pkg/device/nvidia/device.go
index 3fda035905..dab398e67c 100644
--- a/pkg/device/nvidia/device.go
+++ b/pkg/device/nvidia/device.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -485,24 +484,7 @@ func resourcePresent(ctr *corev1.Container, name corev1.ResourceName) bool {
 }
 
 func checkGPUtype(annos map[string]string, cardtype string) bool {
-	cardtype = strings.ToUpper(cardtype)
-	if inuse, ok := annos[GPUInUse]; ok {
-		useTypes := strings.Split(inuse, ",")
-		if !slices.ContainsFunc(useTypes, func(useType string) bool {
-			return strings.Contains(cardtype, strings.ToUpper(useType))
-		}) {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	if unuse, ok := annos[GPUNoUse]; ok {
-		unuseTypes := strings.Split(unuse, ",")
-		if slices.ContainsFunc(unuseTypes, func(unuseType string) bool {
-			return strings.Contains(cardtype, strings.ToUpper(unuseType))
-		}) {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	return true
+	return device.CheckType(annos, cardtype, GPUInUse, GPUNoUse)
 }
 
 func assertNuma(annos map[string]string) bool {
diff --git a/pkg/device/nvidia/device_test.go b/pkg/device/nvidia/device_test.go
index a98f79f157..25f936e1d8 100644
--- a/pkg/device/nvidia/device_test.go
+++ b/pkg/device/nvidia/device_test.go
@@ -2420,6 +2420,16 @@ func TestCheckGPUtype_NoUse(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, checkGPUtype(annos, "NVIDIA-V100"), true)
 }
 
+func TestCheckGPUtype_EmptyAnnotation(t *testing.T) {
+	// An empty use/nouse type annotation means "no constraint": strings.Contains
+	// treats "" as a substring of every card type, so without a guard an empty
+	// nouse-gputype would wrongly exclude every device.
+	assert.Equal(t, checkGPUtype(map[string]string{GPUInUse: ""}, "NVIDIA-A100"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, checkGPUtype(map[string]string{GPUInUse: "   "}, "NVIDIA-A100"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, checkGPUtype(map[string]string{GPUNoUse: ""}, "NVIDIA-A100"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, checkGPUtype(map[string]string{GPUNoUse: "   "}, "NVIDIA-A100"), true)
+}
+
 func TestCheckType_AllocateMode(t *testing.T) {
 	dev := &NvidiaGPUDevices{}
 	req := device.ContainerDeviceRequest{Type: NvidiaGPUDevice}