diff --git a/pkg/cache/tas_flavor_snapshot.go b/pkg/cache/tas_flavor_snapshot.go
index dc07eef0b1..20f29eddb8 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/tas_flavor_snapshot.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/tas_flavor_snapshot.go
@@ -333,7 +333,9 @@ func (s *TASFlavorSnapshot) findTopologyAssignment(
 		return nil, fmt.Sprintf("no requested topology level: %s", *key)
 	}
 	// phase 1 - determine the number of pods which can fit in each topology domain
-	s.fillInCounts(requests, assumedUsage, simulateEmpty, append(podSetTolerations, s.tolerations...))
+	if err := s.fillInCounts(requests, assumedUsage, simulateEmpty, append(podSetTolerations, s.tolerations...)); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Sprintf("unexpected pods fitting calculation failure: %v", err)
+	}
 
 	// phase 2a: determine the level at which the assignment is done along with
 	// the domains which can accommodate all pods
@@ -508,7 +510,7 @@ func (s *TASFlavorSnapshot) sortedDomains(domains []*domain) []*domain {
 func (s *TASFlavorSnapshot) fillInCounts(requests resources.Requests,
 	assumedUsage map[utiltas.TopologyDomainID]resources.Requests,
 	simulateEmpty bool,
-	tolerations []corev1.Toleration) {
+	tolerations []corev1.Toleration) error {
 	for _, domain := range s.domains {
 		// cleanup the state in case some remaining values are present from computing
 		// assignments for previous PodSets.
@@ -529,11 +531,15 @@ func (s *TASFlavorSnapshot) fillInCounts(requests resources.Requests,
 		if leafAssumedUsage, found := assumedUsage[leaf.domain.id]; found {
 			remainingCapacity.Sub(leafAssumedUsage)
 		}
-		leaf.state = requests.CountIn(remainingCapacity)
+		var err error
+		if leaf.state, err = requests.CountIn(remainingCapacity); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 	for _, root := range s.roots {
 		root.state = s.fillInCountsHelper(root)
 	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (s *TASFlavorSnapshot) fillInCountsHelper(domain *domain) int32 {
diff --git a/pkg/resources/requests.go b/pkg/resources/requests.go
index 204705c0a3..5aef56c884 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/requests.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/requests.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package resources
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"maps"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
+var (
+	errorRequestsHasTwoOrMorePodsCount = errors.New("requests have 2 or more Pods count")
+)
+
 // The following resources calculations are inspired on
 // https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/pkg/scheduler/framework/types.go
 
@@ -103,12 +108,15 @@ func ResourceQuantityString(name corev1.ResourceName, v int64) string {
 	return rq.String()
 }
 
-func (req Requests) CountIn(capacity Requests) int32 {
+func (r Requests) CountIn(capacity Requests) (int32, error) {
+	if count, ok := r[corev1.ResourcePods]; ok && count > 1 {
+		return 0, errorRequestsHasTwoOrMorePodsCount
+	}
 	var result *int32
-	for rName, rValue := range req {
+	for rName, rValue := range r {
 		capacity, found := capacity[rName]
 		if !found {
-			return 0
+			return 0, nil
 		}
 		// find the minimum count matching all the resource quota.
 		count := int32(capacity / rValue)
@@ -116,5 +124,5 @@ func (req Requests) CountIn(capacity Requests) int32 {
 			result = ptr.To(count)
 		}
 	}
-	return ptr.Deref(result, 0)
+	return ptr.Deref(result, 0), nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/resources/requests_test.go b/pkg/resources/requests_test.go
index ad0f9c046f..1418d356a4 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/requests_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/requests_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package resources
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 )
 
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ func TestCountIn(t *testing.T) {
 		requests   Requests
 		capacity   Requests
 		wantResult int32
+		wantError  error
 	}{
 		"requests equal capacity": {
 			requests: Requests{
@@ -80,10 +83,25 @@ func TestCountIn(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantResult: 2,
 		},
+		"requests have 2 or more Pods count": {
+			requests: Requests{
+				corev1.ResourceCPU:  2,
+				corev1.ResourcePods: 2,
+			},
+			capacity: Requests{
+				corev1.ResourceCPU:  5,
+				corev1.ResourcePods: 10,
+			},
+			wantResult: 0,
+			wantError:  errorRequestsHasTwoOrMorePodsCount,
+		},
 	}
 	for name, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			gotResult := tc.requests.CountIn(tc.capacity)
+			gotResult, err := tc.requests.CountIn(tc.capacity)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.wantError, err, cmpopts.EquateErrors()); len(diff) != 0 {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected error (-want,+got\n):%s", diff)
+			}
 			if tc.wantResult != gotResult {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected result, want=%d, got=%d", tc.wantResult, gotResult)
 			}