diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
index 9e1c4af5a1..d69f4dbb1c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
@@ -716,7 +716,8 @@ func (q *qemu) stopVirtiofsd(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 
 	// kill virtiofsd
 	if q.state.VirtiofsdPid == 0 {
-		return errors.New("invalid virtiofsd PID(0)")
+		q.Logger().Warn("The virtiofsd had stopped")
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	err = syscall.Kill(q.state.VirtiofsdPid, syscall.SIGKILL)
@@ -1018,6 +1019,10 @@ func (q *qemu) stopSandbox(ctx context.Context, waitOnly bool) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if err := q.stopVirtiofsd(ctx); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }