diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
index cd8d53e1f8b..8062936b29a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
@@ -985,6 +985,10 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) computePodActions(ctx context.Context, pod *
 		}
 	}
 
+	if IsInPlacePodVerticalScalingAllowed(pod) {
+		changes.ContainersToUpdate = make(map[v1.ResourceName][]containerToUpdateInfo)
+	}
+
 	// Check initialization progress.
 	if !handleRestartableInitContainers {
 		initLastStatus, next, done := findNextInitContainerToRun(pod, podStatus)
@@ -1020,10 +1024,6 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) computePodActions(ctx context.Context, pod *
 		}
 	}
 
-	if IsInPlacePodVerticalScalingAllowed(pod) {
-		changes.ContainersToUpdate = make(map[v1.ResourceName][]containerToUpdateInfo)
-	}
-
 	// Number of running containers to keep.
 	keepCount := 0
 	// check the status of containers.