diff --git a/pkg/cache/context.go b/pkg/cache/context.go
index d3488bc10..a255e78d6 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/context.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/context.go
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ func (ctx *Context) IsPodFitNodeViaPreemption(name, node string, allocations []s
 			// look up each victim in the scheduler cache
 			victims := make([]*v1.Pod, 0)
 			for _, uid := range allocations {
-				if victim, ok := ctx.schedulerCache.GetPod(uid); ok {
+				if victim, ok := ctx.schedulerCache.GetPodNoLock(uid); ok {
 					victims = append(victims, victim)
 				} else {
 					// if pod isn't found, add a placeholder so that the list is still the same size
diff --git a/pkg/cache/external/scheduler_cache.go b/pkg/cache/external/scheduler_cache.go
index 3a4434e74..aaf063f51 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/external/scheduler_cache.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/external/scheduler_cache.go
@@ -471,6 +471,10 @@ func (cache *SchedulerCache) removePod(pod *v1.Pod) {
 func (cache *SchedulerCache) GetPod(uid string) (*v1.Pod, bool) {
 	cache.lock.RLock()
 	defer cache.lock.RUnlock()
+	return cache.GetPodNoLock(uid)
+}
+
+func (cache *SchedulerCache) GetPodNoLock(uid string) (*v1.Pod, bool) {
 	if pod, ok := cache.podsMap[uid]; ok {
 		return pod, true
 	}