diff --git a/src/dstack/_internal/core/backends/slurm/resources.py b/src/dstack/_internal/core/backends/slurm/resources.py
index 9a481f6c6..d93a7b9c6 100644
--- a/src/dstack/_internal/core/backends/slurm/resources.py
+++ b/src/dstack/_internal/core/backends/slurm/resources.py
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ def get_requested_resources_from_resources_spec(spec: ResourcesSpec) -> Requeste
     # The easiest/safest option is to use some sane default
     memory = spec.memory.min or DEFAULT_MEMORY_SIZE.min
     assert memory
+    if spec.memory.max:
+        memory = min(memory, spec.memory.max)
     memory_mib = round(memory * 1024)
 
     gpu_count: int = 0