diff --git a/apis/keda/v1alpha1/scaledobject_webhook.go b/apis/keda/v1alpha1/scaledobject_webhook.go
index cc4267ff502..63e81752f75 100644
--- a/apis/keda/v1alpha1/scaledobject_webhook.go
+++ b/apis/keda/v1alpha1/scaledobject_webhook.go
@@ -257,16 +257,14 @@ func verifyCPUMemoryScalers(incomingSo *ScaledObject, action string) error {
 				}
 
 				if trigger.Type == cpuString {
-					if (container.Resources.Requests == nil || container.Resources.Requests.Cpu() == nil || container.Resources.Requests.Cpu().AsApproximateFloat64() == 0) &&
-						(container.Resources.Limits == nil || container.Resources.Limits.Cpu() == nil || container.Resources.Limits.Cpu().AsApproximateFloat64() == 0) {
+					if !isWorkloadResourceSet(container.Resources, corev1.ResourceCPU) {
 						err := fmt.Errorf("the scaledobject has a cpu trigger but the container %s doesn't have the cpu request defined", container.Name)
 						scaledobjectlog.Error(err, "validation error")
 						prommetrics.RecordScaledObjectValidatingErrors(incomingSo.Namespace, action, "missing-requests")
 						return err
 					}
 				} else if trigger.Type == memoryString {
-					if (container.Resources.Requests == nil || container.Resources.Requests.Memory() == nil || container.Resources.Requests.Memory().AsApproximateFloat64() == 0) &&
-						(container.Resources.Limits == nil || container.Resources.Limits.Memory() == nil || container.Resources.Limits.Memory().AsApproximateFloat64() == 0) {
+					if !isWorkloadResourceSet(container.Resources, corev1.ResourceMemory) {
 						err := fmt.Errorf("the scaledobject has a memory trigger but the container %s doesn't have the memory request defined", container.Name)
 						scaledobjectlog.Error(err, "validation error")
 						prommetrics.RecordScaledObjectValidatingErrors(incomingSo.Namespace, action, "missing-requests")
@@ -296,3 +294,9 @@ func verifyCPUMemoryScalers(incomingSo *ScaledObject, action string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func isWorkloadResourceSet(rr corev1.ResourceRequirements, name corev1.ResourceName) bool {
+	requests, requestsSet := rr.Requests[name]
+	limits, limitsSet := rr.Limits[name]
+	return (requestsSet || limitsSet) && (requests.AsApproximateFloat64() > 0 || limits.AsApproximateFloat64() > 0)
+}