diff --git a/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/values.yaml b/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/values.yaml
index 2d7076c11c..bb11510f9e 100644
--- a/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/values.yaml
@@ -90,7 +90,16 @@ fullnameOverride:
 controller:
   # If arbitrary args like "--aws-sdk-debug-log=true" need to be passed, use this value
   additionalArgs: []
-  affinity: {}
+  affinity:
+    nodeAffinity:
+      preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+      - weight: 1
+      preference:
+        matchExpressions:
+        - key: eks.amazonaws.com/compute-type
+          operator: NotIn
+          values:
+          - fargate
   # The default filesystem type of the volume to provision when fstype is unspecified in the StorageClass.
   # If the default is not set and fstype is unset in the StorageClass, then no fstype will be set
   defaultFsType: ext4
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller.yaml
index 397c8e696f..cd03d597a0 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ spec:
         kubernetes.io/os: linux
       serviceAccountName: ebs-csi-controller-sa
       priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
+      affinity:
+        nodeAffinity:
+          preference:
+            matchExpressions:
+            - key: eks.amazonaws.com/compute-type
+              operator: NotIn
+              values:
+              - fargate
+          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+          - weight: 1
       tolerations:
         - key: CriticalAddonsOnly
           operator: Exists