diff --git a/deploy/operator/internal/controller/dynamocomponentdeployment_controller.go b/deploy/operator/internal/controller/dynamocomponentdeployment_controller.go
index 293c63d4cfbc..f23618b92ac7 100644
--- a/deploy/operator/internal/controller/dynamocomponentdeployment_controller.go
+++ b/deploy/operator/internal/controller/dynamocomponentdeployment_controller.go
@@ -542,11 +542,6 @@ func (r *DynamoComponentDeploymentReconciler) generateWorkerPodTemplateSpec(ctx
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "generateWorkerPodTemplateSpec: failed to check LWS worker main container")
 	}
 
-	resources := dynamo.GetMainContainerResources(&opt.dynamoComponentDeployment.Spec.DynamoComponentDeploymentSharedSpec)
-	if gpu, ok := resources.Limits[corev1.ResourceName("nvidia.com/gpu")]; !ok || gpu.IsZero() {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("generateWorkerPodTemplateSpec: GPU limit is not set for LWS worker pod")
-	}
-
 	return workerPodTemplateSpec, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/deploy/operator/internal/controller/dynamocomponentdeployment_controller_test.go b/deploy/operator/internal/controller/dynamocomponentdeployment_controller_test.go
index 35d2b831af84..a82e6d2621bd 100644
--- a/deploy/operator/internal/controller/dynamocomponentdeployment_controller_test.go
+++ b/deploy/operator/internal/controller/dynamocomponentdeployment_controller_test.go
@@ -3400,3 +3400,69 @@ func Test_generateDeployment_Strategy(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGenerateWorkerPodTemplateSpecDoesNotRequireGPUResource(t *testing.T) {
+	s := scheme.Scheme
+	require.NoError(t, v1beta1.AddToScheme(s))
+	require.NoError(t, corev1.AddToScheme(s))
+
+	dcd := &v1beta1.DynamoComponentDeployment{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "worker-no-gpu-check",
+			Namespace: "default",
+		},
+		Spec: v1beta1.DynamoComponentDeploymentSpec{
+			BackendFramework: string(dynamo.BackendFrameworkVLLM),
+			DynamoComponentDeploymentSharedSpec: v1beta1.DynamoComponentDeploymentSharedSpec{
+				ComponentName: "decode",
+				ComponentType: v1beta1.ComponentTypeDecode,
+				PodTemplate: &corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
+					Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
+						Containers: []corev1.Container{
+							{
+								Name:  commonconsts.MainContainerName,
+								Image: "nvcr.io/nvidia/dynamo:latest",
+								Command: []string{
+									"python3",
+								},
+								Args: []string{
+									"-m",
+									"dynamo.vllm",
+								},
+								Resources: corev1.ResourceRequirements{
+									Requests: corev1.ResourceList{"cpu": resource.MustParse("1")},
+									Limits:   corev1.ResourceList{"cpu": resource.MustParse("1")},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	reconciler := &DynamoComponentDeploymentReconciler{
+		Client: fake.NewClientBuilder().
+			WithScheme(s).
+			WithObjects(dcd).
+			Build(),
+		Config: &configv1alpha1.OperatorConfiguration{
+			Discovery: configv1alpha1.DiscoveryConfiguration{Backend: configv1alpha1.DiscoveryBackendKubernetes},
+		},
+		DockerSecretRetriever: &mockDockerSecretRetriever{
+			GetSecretsFunc: func(namespace, imageName string) ([]string, error) {
+				return nil, nil
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	got, err := reconciler.generateWorkerPodTemplateSpec(
+		context.Background(),
+		generateResourceOption{dynamoComponentDeployment: dcd},
+		map[string]string{"app": "demo"},
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, got)
+	require.Equal(t, "worker", got.Labels["role"])
+	require.Equal(t, commonconsts.MainContainerName, got.Spec.Containers[0].Name)
+}