diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/network/cni/cni.go b/pkg/kubelet/network/cni/cni.go
index 540be4b70cf..15724afc486 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/network/cni/cni.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/network/cni/cni.go
@@ -273,7 +273,9 @@ func (plugin *cniNetworkPlugin) deleteFromNetwork(network *cniNetwork, podName s
 	netConf, cniNet := network.NetworkConfig, network.CNIConfig
 	glog.V(4).Infof("About to del CNI network %v (type=%v)", netConf.Name, netConf.Plugins[0].Network.Type)
 	err = cniNet.DelNetworkList(netConf, rt)
-	if err != nil {
+	// The pod may not get deleted successfully at the first time.
+	// Ignore "no such file or directory" error in case the network has already been deleted in previous attempts.
+	if err != nil && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "no such file or directory") {
 		glog.Errorf("Error deleting network: %v", err)
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go
index f41c59d843e..35e0a1b0cc7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go
@@ -765,7 +765,10 @@ func (plugin *kubenetNetworkPlugin) delContainerFromNetwork(config *libcni.Netwo
 	}
 
 	glog.V(3).Infof("Removing %s/%s from '%s' with CNI '%s' plugin and runtime: %+v", namespace, name, config.Network.Name, config.Network.Type, rt)
-	if err := plugin.cniConfig.DelNetwork(config, rt); err != nil {
+	err = plugin.cniConfig.DelNetwork(config, rt)
+	// The pod may not get deleted successfully at the first time.
+	// Ignore "no such file or directory" error in case the network has already been deleted in previous attempts.
+	if err != nil && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "no such file or directory") {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error removing container from network: %v", err)
 	}
 	return nil