diff --git a/pkg/controllers/provisioning/provisioner.go b/pkg/controllers/provisioning/provisioner.go
index ce9e148c6044..e7a235e62dff 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/provisioning/provisioner.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/provisioning/provisioner.go
@@ -146,16 +146,17 @@ func (p *Provisioner) Batch(ctx context.Context) (pods []*v1.Pod) {
 // between the time it was ingested into the scheduler and the time it is included
 // in a provisioner batch.
 func (p *Provisioner) FilterProvisionable(ctx context.Context, pods []*v1.Pod) []*v1.Pod {
-	unscheduled := []*v1.Pod{}
+	provisionable := []*v1.Pod{}
 	for _, pod := range pods {
-		candidate := pod
+		// the original pod should be returned rather than the newly fetched pod in case the scheduler relaxed constraints
+		original := pod
+		candidate := &v1.Pod{}
 		if err := p.kubeClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Namespace: pod.Namespace, Name: pod.Name}, candidate); err != nil {
 			logging.FromContext(ctx).Errorf("Unexpected error retrieving pod \"%s/%s\" while checking if it is provisionable", pod.Namespace, pod.Name)
 		}
-		if !isProvisionable(candidate) {
-			continue
+		if candidate.Spec.NodeName == "" {
+			provisionable = append(provisionable, original)
 		}
-		unscheduled = append(unscheduled, candidate)
 	}
-	return unscheduled
+	return provisionable
 }