diff --git a/nailgun/nailgun/objects/cluster.py b/nailgun/nailgun/objects/cluster.py
index 3c27786e92..17e3ca6353 100644
--- a/nailgun/nailgun/objects/cluster.py
+++ b/nailgun/nailgun/objects/cluster.py
@@ -841,6 +841,18 @@ class Cluster(NailgunObject):
         else:
             return False
 
+    @classmethod
+    def dpdk_enabled(cls, instance):
+        # Had to do this due to issues with modules imports in current
+        # nailgun __init__.py which cannot be resolved easily
+        from nailgun.objects import Node
+
+        if Release.is_nfv_supported(instance.release):
+            for node in cls.get_nodes_not_for_deletion(instance):
+                if Node.dpdk_enabled(node):
+                    return True
+        return False
+
     @classmethod
     def get_roles(cls, instance):
         """Returns a dictionary of node roles available for deployment.
diff --git a/nailgun/nailgun/task/task.py b/nailgun/nailgun/task/task.py
index d722d9be0e..aff8603d7c 100644
--- a/nailgun/nailgun/task/task.py
+++ b/nailgun/nailgun/task/task.py
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ class ClusterTransaction(DeploymentTask):
 
     @classmethod
     def mark_skipped(cls, tasks, ids_not_to_skip):
-        """Change tasks type which ids not present in ids_not_to_skip to skipped
+        """Change tasks type which ids are not ids_not_to_skip to skipped
 
         :param tasks: the list of deployment tasks to execute
         :param ids_not_to_skip: the list of task ids that will be not skipped
@@ -1526,7 +1526,8 @@ class CheckBeforeDeploymentTask(object):
         # TODO(asvechnikov): Make an appropriate versioning of tasks
         if objects.Release.is_nfv_supported(task.cluster.release):
             cls._check_sriov_properties(task)
-            cls._check_dpdk_properties(task)
+            if objects.Cluster.dpdk_enabled(task.cluster):
+                cls._check_dpdk_properties(task)
 
         if objects.Release.is_external_mongo_enabled(task.cluster.release):
             cls._check_mongo_nodes(task)
@@ -1868,8 +1869,10 @@ class CheckBeforeDeploymentTask(object):
     @classmethod
     def _check_dpdk_properties(self, task):
         dpdk_enabled = False
-        for node in task.cluster.nodes:
-            if node.pending_deletion:
+        for node in objects.Cluster.get_nodes_not_for_deletion(task.cluster):
+
+            if (not objects.NodeAttributes.is_cpu_pinning_enabled(node) and
+                    not objects.Node.dpdk_enabled):
                 continue
 
             try:
diff --git a/nailgun/nailgun/test/integration/test_task_deploy.py b/nailgun/nailgun/test/integration/test_task_deploy.py
index 2f29f318e7..9ef0220918 100644
--- a/nailgun/nailgun/test/integration/test_task_deploy.py
+++ b/nailgun/nailgun/test/integration/test_task_deploy.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from nailgun import errors
 from nailgun import objects
 from nailgun.orchestrator.task_based_deployment import TaskProcessor
 from nailgun import rpc
+from nailgun.task.task import CheckBeforeDeploymentTask
 from nailgun.test.base import BaseIntegrationTest
 from nailgun.test.base import fake_tasks
 from nailgun.test.base import mock_rpc
@@ -411,7 +412,8 @@ class TestTaskDeploy90(BaseIntegrationTest):
              if task['type'] != consts.ORCHESTRATOR_TASK_TYPES.skipped)
         )
 
-    def test_deploy_check_failed_with_dpdk_cpu_distribution(self):
+    @mock.patch('objects.Node.dpdk_enabled', return_value=True)
+    def test_deploy_check_failed_with_dpdk_cpu_distribution(self, _):
         node = self.env.nodes[0]
 
         objects.Node.update_attributes(node, {
@@ -429,6 +431,17 @@ class TestTaskDeploy90(BaseIntegrationTest):
             task.message
         )
 
+    @mock.patch('objects.Node.dpdk_enabled', return_value=False)
+    def test_deploy_disabled_dpdk_check_ok_without_numa_meta(self, _):
+        node = self.env.nodes[0]
+
+        node.meta.pop('numa_topology', {})
+
+        task = models.Task(name=consts.TASK_NAMES.deployment,
+                           cluster=self.cluster)
+        self.assertNotRaises(
+            errors.InvalidData, CheckBeforeDeploymentTask.execute, task)
+
 
 class TestTaskDeploy90AfterDeployment(BaseIntegrationTest):
     def setUp(self):