diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
index b9d017693d..8768600682 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
@@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ function main() {
 			cleanup_cri_runtime "$runtime"
 			kubectl label node "$NODE_NAME" --overwrite katacontainers.io/kata-runtime=cleanup
 			remove_artifacts
+			reset_runtime "$runtime"
 			;;
 		reset)
 			reset_runtime $runtime