diff --git a/libs/langgraph/langgraph/pregel/__init__.py b/libs/langgraph/langgraph/pregel/__init__.py
index 9c591979f..bf491c6e3 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/langgraph/pregel/__init__.py
+++ b/libs/langgraph/langgraph/pregel/__init__.py
@@ -912,9 +912,9 @@ class Pregel(
             # if being called as a node in another graph, always use values mode
             stream_mode = ["values"]
 
-            if parent_checkpointer is not None and self.checkpointer is None:
+            if (interrupt_before or interrupt_after) and parent_checkpointer is not None and self.checkpointer is None:
                 raise ValueError(
-                    "Missing checkpointer for subgraph. "
+                    "Missing checkpointer for a subgraph with interrupts. "
                     "Please compile the subgraph graph with checkpointer=INHERIT_CHECKPOINTER (from langgraph.pregel import INHERIT_CHECKPOINTER)."
                 )