diff --git a/assets/state-mig-manager/0210_clusterrole.yaml b/assets/state-mig-manager/0210_clusterrole.yaml
index 2e9e9e8b90..c68c371bca 100644
--- a/assets/state-mig-manager/0210_clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/assets/state-mig-manager/0210_clusterrole.yaml
@@ -13,3 +13,9 @@ rules:
   - watch
   - update
   - patch
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - pods
+  verbs:
+  - list
diff --git a/controllers/state_manager.go b/controllers/state_manager.go
index 37691059c1..6f0eb67432 100644
--- a/controllers/state_manager.go
+++ b/controllers/state_manager.go
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ var gpuStateLabels = map[string]map[string]string{
 		"nvidia.com/gpu.deploy.dcgm-exporter":         "true",
 		"nvidia.com/gpu.deploy.node-status-exporter":  "true",
 		"nvidia.com/gpu.deploy.operator-validator":    "true",
+		"nvidia.com/gpu.deploy.client":                "true",
 	},
 	gpuWorkloadConfigVMPassthrough: {
 		"nvidia.com/gpu.deploy.sandbox-device-plugin": "true",
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ var gpuStateLabels = map[string]map[string]string{
 		"nvidia.com/gpu.deploy.vfio-manager":          "true",
 		"nvidia.com/gpu.deploy.kata-manager":          "true",
 		"nvidia.com/gpu.deploy.cc-manager":            "true",
+		"nvidia.com/gpu.deploy.client":                "true",
 	},
 	gpuWorkloadConfigVMVgpu: {
 		"nvidia.com/gpu.deploy.sandbox-device-plugin": "true",
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ var gpuStateLabels = map[string]map[string]string{
 		"nvidia.com/gpu.deploy.vgpu-device-manager":   "true",
 		"nvidia.com/gpu.deploy.sandbox-validator":     "true",
 		"nvidia.com/gpu.deploy.cc-manager":            "true",
+		"nvidia.com/gpu.deploy.client":                "true",
 	},
 }