diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/event.go b/pkg/scheduler/event.go
index 21b407531..9a7a4b8e5 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/event.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/event.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	v1core "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
 
 // Define events for ResourceBinding, ResourceFilter objects and their associated resources.
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ func (s *Scheduler) recordScheduleBindingResultEvent(pod *corev1.Pod, eventReaso
 	if pod == nil {
 		return
 	}
+	if s.eventRecorder == nil {
+		klog.Warning("eventRecorder is nil, skipping event creation")
+		return
+	}
 	if schedulerErr == nil {
 		successMsg := fmt.Sprintf("Successfully binding node %v to %v/%v", nodeResult, pod.Namespace, pod.Name)
 		s.eventRecorder.Event(pod, corev1.EventTypeNormal, eventReason, successMsg)
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/event_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/event_test.go
index 679a652f8..6c09cc678 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/event_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/event_test.go
@@ -204,3 +204,31 @@ func TestRecordScheduleFilterResultEvent(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRecordScheduleBindingResultEvent_NilRecorder(t *testing.T) {
+	// Initialize a scheduler with NO event recorder
+	s := &Scheduler{
+		kubeClient:    fake.NewSimpleClientset(),
+		eventRecorder: nil,
+	}
+
+	pod := &corev1.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "test-pod", Namespace: "default"},
+	}
+
+	s.recordScheduleBindingResultEvent(pod, "BindingSucceed", []string{"node-1"}, nil)
+}
+
+func TestRecordScheduleFilterResultEvent_NilRecorder(t *testing.T) {
+	// Initialize a scheduler with NO event recorder
+	s := &Scheduler{
+		kubeClient:    fake.NewSimpleClientset(),
+		eventRecorder: nil,
+	}
+
+	pod := &corev1.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "test-pod", Namespace: "default"},
+	}
+
+	s.recordScheduleFilterResultEvent(pod, "FilteringSucceed", "success", nil)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
index 837dc13fd..3abd9c848 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
@@ -650,6 +651,19 @@ func (s *Scheduler) getPodUsage() (map[string]device.PodUseDeviceStat, error) {
 
 func (s *Scheduler) Bind(args extenderv1.ExtenderBindingArgs) (*extenderv1.ExtenderBindingResult, error) {
 	klog.InfoS("Attempting to bind pod to node", "pod", args.PodName, "namespace", args.PodNamespace, "node", args.Node)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	//In-Memory Lock (Queues concurrent pods instead of failing them)
+	release, ok := nodelockutil.AcquireBindLock(ctx, args.Node)
+	if !ok {
+		err := fmt.Errorf("timed out waiting for node bind lock: %s", args.Node)
+		klog.ErrorS(err, "Bind lock timeout")
+		return &extenderv1.ExtenderBindingResult{Error: err.Error()}, nil
+	}
+	defer release()
+
 	var res *extenderv1.ExtenderBindingResult
 
 	binding := &corev1.Binding{
@@ -673,6 +687,34 @@ func (s *Scheduler) Bind(args extenderv1.ExtenderBindingArgs) (*extenderv1.Exten
 		return res, nil
 	}
 
+	err = wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, 200*time.Millisecond, 25*time.Second, true, func(pollCtx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+		liveNode, getErr := s.kubeClient.CoreV1().Nodes().Get(pollCtx, args.Node, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		if getErr != nil {
+			return false, getErr
+		}
+		// If the node still has the lock annotation from a previous pod, keep waiting
+		if _, locked := liveNode.Annotations[nodelockutil.NodeLockKey]; locked {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		return true, nil
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		timeoutErr := fmt.Errorf("timed out waiting for device plugin to clear previous lock on node %s: %v", args.Node, err)
+		klog.ErrorS(timeoutErr, "Device plugin annotation lock timeout")
+		return &extenderv1.ExtenderBindingResult{Error: timeoutErr.Error()}, nil
+	}
+
+	lockValue := nodelockutil.GenerateNodeLockKeyByPod(current)
+	patchData := fmt.Appendf(nil, `{"metadata":{"annotations":{"%s":"%s"}}}`, nodelockutil.NodeLockKey, lockValue)
+
+	_, err = s.kubeClient.CoreV1().Nodes().Patch(ctx, args.Node, types.MergePatchType, patchData, metav1.PatchOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.ErrorS(err, "Failed to apply blind patch to node for mutex lock", "node", args.Node)
+		res = &extenderv1.ExtenderBindingResult{Error: err.Error()}
+		return res, nil // Return soft error so scheduler can retry
+	}
+
 	tmppatch := map[string]string{
 		util.DeviceBindPhase:     "allocating",
 		util.BindTimeAnnotations: strconv.FormatInt(time.Now().Unix(), 10),
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
index cd47be0e8..18aaaf525 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"maps"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -29,10 +30,12 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	extenderv1 "k8s.io/kube-scheduler/extender/v1"
 
@@ -1314,3 +1317,159 @@ func Test_Scheduler_Issue1368_TerminatingPodRetainsCache(t *testing.T) {
 	_, ok = s.podManager.GetPod(terminatedPod)
 	assert.Equal(t, false, ok, "Pod should be removed from cache after reaching a terminal phase (Succeeded/Failed)")
 }
+func Test_Bind_ConcurrentPods_NoExponentialBackoff(t *testing.T) {
+	// 40+ pods hitting Bind() simultaneously caused LockNode to return errors
+	// for 39 of them, pushing them into kube-scheduler's exponential backoff queue.
+	// The fix serialises Bind() calls per-node with an in-memory mutex so that
+	// concurrent pods wait (queue) rather than fail immediately.
+	const parallelism = 40
+	const nodeName = "gpu-node-1"
+
+	s := NewScheduler()
+	s.eventRecorder = record.NewFakeRecorder(100)
+
+	client.KubeClient = fake.NewSimpleClientset()
+	s.kubeClient = client.KubeClient
+
+	informerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(client.KubeClient, time.Hour)
+	s.podLister = informerFactory.Core().V1().Pods().Lister()
+	s.nodeLister = informerFactory.Core().V1().Nodes().Lister()
+	informerFactory.Start(s.stopCh)
+	informerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(s.stopCh)
+
+	sConfig := &config.Config{
+		NvidiaConfig: nvidia.NvidiaConfig{
+			ResourceCountName:  "hami.io/gpu",
+			ResourceMemoryName: "hami.io/gpumem",
+			ResourceCoreName:   "hami.io/gpucores",
+			DefaultGPUNum:      1,
+		},
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, config.InitDevicesWithConfig(sConfig))
+
+	node := &corev1.Node{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: nodeName},
+	}
+	_, err := client.KubeClient.CoreV1().Nodes().Create(
+		context.Background(), node, metav1.CreateOptions{},
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = informerFactory.Core().V1().Nodes().Informer().GetIndexer().Add(node)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	pods := make([]*corev1.Pod, parallelism)
+	for i := range pods {
+		pod := &corev1.Pod{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name:      fmt.Sprintf("mnist-pod-%d", i),
+				Namespace: "default",
+				UID:       types.UID(fmt.Sprintf("uid-%d", i)),
+			},
+			Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
+				Containers: []corev1.Container{{
+					Name: "trainer",
+					Resources: corev1.ResourceRequirements{
+						Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
+							"hami.io/gpu":    *resource.NewQuantity(1, resource.BinarySI),
+							"hami.io/gpumem": *resource.NewQuantity(1024, resource.BinarySI),
+						},
+					},
+				}},
+			},
+		}
+		_, err := client.KubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(pod.Namespace).Create(
+			context.Background(), pod, metav1.CreateOptions{},
+		)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		err = informerFactory.Core().V1().Pods().Informer().GetIndexer().Add(pod)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		pods[i] = pod
+	}
+
+	var (
+		wg            sync.WaitGroup
+		mu            sync.Mutex
+		backoffErrors int
+		bindErrors    int
+	)
+
+	// Simulates the device plugin clearing the node lock annotation.
+	// This prevents the polling loop in Bind() from timing out.
+	ctxFakePlugin, stopFakePlugin := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer stopFakePlugin()
+
+	go func() {
+		ticker := time.NewTicker(10 * time.Millisecond)
+		defer ticker.Stop()
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-ctxFakePlugin.Done():
+				return
+			case <-ticker.C:
+				n, err := client.KubeClient.CoreV1().Nodes().Get(context.Background(), nodeName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+				if err == nil && n.Annotations != nil {
+					if _, locked := n.Annotations["hami.io/mutex.lock"]; locked {
+						// Lock found! Simulate device plugin finishing and clearing it.
+						delete(n.Annotations, "hami.io/mutex.lock")
+						_, _ = client.KubeClient.CoreV1().Nodes().Update(context.Background(), n, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	start := make(chan struct{})
+
+	for i := range parallelism {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(pod *corev1.Pod) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			<-start
+
+			result, err := s.Bind(extenderv1.ExtenderBindingArgs{
+				PodName:      pod.Name,
+				PodNamespace: pod.Namespace,
+				PodUID:       pod.UID,
+				Node:         nodeName,
+			})
+
+			mu.Lock()
+			defer mu.Unlock()
+			if err != nil {
+				backoffErrors++
+				t.Logf("BACKOFF-TRIGGERING error for pod %s: %v", pod.Name, err)
+			} else if result != nil && result.Error != "" {
+				bindErrors++
+				t.Logf("Soft bind error for pod %s: %s", pod.Name, result.Error)
+			}
+		}(pods[i])
+	}
+
+	close(start)
+
+	// If the in-memory mutex fails to unlock, wg.Wait() will hang forever.
+	// This ensures the test fails with a clear message instead of timing out the CI pipeline.
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		wg.Wait()
+		close(done)
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-done:
+	// Increased timeout from 5s to 15s to account for the sequential wait of 40 pods
+	case <-time.After(15 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("FATAL: Test timed out! A deadlock occurred in the Bind() function's mutex logic.")
+	}
+
+	// Stop the fake plugin since the test has completed
+	stopFakePlugin()
+
+	require.Equal(t, 0, backoffErrors,
+		"BUG #1367: %d pods received non-nil errors from Bind(), "+
+			"causing exponential backoff. In-memory mutex should prevent this.",
+		backoffErrors,
+	)
+
+	t.Logf("Concurrent Bind test: %d/%d pods had soft bind errors (acceptable), 0 had backoff-triggering errors", bindErrors, parallelism)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock.go b/pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock.go
index 41899fe8d..56a57ea08 100644
--- a/pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock.go
+++ b/pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock.go
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
+var (
+	bindMu    sync.Mutex
+	bindLocks = map[string]chan struct{}{}
+)
+
 // nodeLockManager manages locks on a per-node basis to allow concurrent
 // operations on different nodes while maintaining mutual exclusion for
 // operations on the same node.
@@ -69,6 +74,25 @@ func newNodeLockManager() nodeLockManager {
 	}
 }
 
+// AcquireBindLock tries to acquire the per-node bind lock within ctx.
+// Returns false if the context expires before the lock is available.
+func AcquireBindLock(ctx context.Context, nodeName string) (release func(), ok bool) {
+	bindMu.Lock()
+	ch, exists := bindLocks[nodeName]
+	if !exists {
+		ch = make(chan struct{}, 1)
+		bindLocks[nodeName] = ch
+	}
+	bindMu.Unlock()
+
+	select {
+	case ch <- struct{}{}:
+		return func() { <-ch }, true
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return func() {}, false
+	}
+}
+
 // getLock returns the mutex for a specific node, creating it if necessary.
 // This method is thread-safe.
 func (m *nodeLockManager) getLock(nodeName string) *sync.Mutex {
diff --git a/pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock_test.go b/pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock_test.go
index 693f91b38..5357c5c95 100644
--- a/pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/nodelock/nodelock_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package nodelock
 
 import (
 	"context" // Added for the new test
+	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -555,3 +556,133 @@ func TestSimulateRetryStorm(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestAcquireBindLock(t *testing.T) {
+	nodeName := "test-node-1"
+
+	ctx1, cancel1 := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 2*time.Second)
+	defer cancel1()
+
+	release, ok := AcquireBindLock(ctx1, nodeName)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Errorf("Expected to acquire lock, but failed")
+	}
+	release()
+
+	ctx2, cancel2 := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 2*time.Second)
+	defer cancel2()
+
+	release2, ok2 := AcquireBindLock(ctx2, nodeName)
+	if !ok2 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected to acquire lock for timeout test, but failed")
+	}
+	defer release2()
+
+	ctx3, cancel3 := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Millisecond)
+	defer cancel3()
+
+	release3, ok3 := AcquireBindLock(ctx3, nodeName)
+	if ok3 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected lock acquisition to timeout and fail, but it succeeded")
+	}
+	release3()
+}
+
+func TestParseNodeLock(t *testing.T) {
+	now := time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		value       string
+		wantErr     bool
+		expectedNs  string
+		expectedPod string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "Legacy format without separator",
+			value:       now,
+			wantErr:     false,
+			expectedNs:  "",
+			expectedPod: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "Valid new format",
+			value:       now + NodeLockSep + "default" + NodeLockSep + "my-pod",
+			wantErr:     false,
+			expectedNs:  "default",
+			expectedPod: "my-pod",
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "Malformed format with wrong number of parts",
+			value:   now + NodeLockSep + "default",
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "Invalid time format",
+			value:   "not-a-timestamp" + NodeLockSep + "default" + NodeLockSep + "my-pod",
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			_, ns, podName, err := ParseNodeLock(tt.value)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("ParseNodeLock() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+			}
+			if !tt.wantErr {
+				if ns != tt.expectedNs {
+					t.Errorf("ParseNodeLock() got ns = %v, want %v", ns, tt.expectedNs)
+				}
+				if podName != tt.expectedPod {
+					t.Errorf("ParseNodeLock() got podName = %v, want %v", podName, tt.expectedPod)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSetupNodeLockTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	originalTimeout := NodeLockTimeout
+	defer func() {
+		NodeLockTimeout = originalTimeout
+		os.Unsetenv("HAMI_NODELOCK_EXPIRE")
+	}()
+
+	// Test valid duration
+	os.Setenv("HAMI_NODELOCK_EXPIRE", "10m")
+	setupNodeLockTimeout()
+	if NodeLockTimeout != 10*time.Minute {
+		t.Errorf("Expected timeout to be 10m, got %v", NodeLockTimeout)
+	}
+
+	// Test invalid duration (should not crash, should retain previous/default value)
+	os.Setenv("HAMI_NODELOCK_EXPIRE", "invalid-duration")
+	setupNodeLockTimeout()
+	if NodeLockTimeout != 10*time.Minute {
+		t.Errorf("Expected timeout to remain 10m after invalid env var, got %v", NodeLockTimeout)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGenerateNodeLockKeyByPod(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test with nil pod
+	keyNil := GenerateNodeLockKeyByPod(nil)
+	if strings.Contains(keyNil, NodeLockSep) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected key for nil pod to not contain separator, got %v", keyNil)
+	}
+
+	// Test with valid pod
+	pod := &corev1.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "test-pod",
+			Namespace: "test-ns",
+		},
+	}
+	keyValid := GenerateNodeLockKeyByPod(pod)
+	if !strings.Contains(keyValid, NodeLockSep) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected key for valid pod to contain separator, got %v", keyValid)
+	}
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(keyValid, NodeLockSep+"test-ns"+NodeLockSep+"test-pod") {
+		t.Errorf("Expected key to end with namespace and pod name, got %v", keyValid)
+	}
+}