diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/prober/worker.go b/pkg/kubelet/prober/worker.go
index 9aa48139265..73eaf5b2e35 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/prober/worker.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/prober/worker.go
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ func (w *worker) doProbe() (keepGoing bool) {
 		// chance of hitting #21751, where running `docker exec` when a
 		// container is being stopped may lead to corrupted container state.
 		w.onHold = true
+		w.resultRun = 1
 	}
 
 	return true
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/prober/worker_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/prober/worker_test.go
index da4a523a1dc..7d0fa0076ea 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/prober/worker_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/prober/worker_test.go
@@ -341,3 +341,44 @@ func TestOnHoldOnLivenessCheckFailure(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Prober should not be on hold anymore")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestResultRunOnLivenessCheckFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	m := newTestManager()
+	w := newTestWorker(m, liveness, v1.Probe{SuccessThreshold: 1, FailureThreshold: 3})
+	m.statusManager.SetPodStatus(w.pod, getTestRunningStatus())
+
+	m.prober.exec = fakeExecProber{probe.Success, nil}
+	msg := "inital probe success"
+	expectContinue(t, w, w.doProbe(), msg)
+	expectResult(t, w, results.Success, msg)
+	if w.resultRun != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Prober resultRun should 1")
+	}
+
+	m.prober.exec = fakeExecProber{probe.Failure, nil}
+	msg = "probe failure, result success"
+	expectContinue(t, w, w.doProbe(), msg)
+	expectResult(t, w, results.Success, msg)
+	if w.resultRun != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Prober resultRun should 1")
+	}
+
+	m.prober.exec = fakeExecProber{probe.Failure, nil}
+	msg = "2nd probe failure, result success"
+	expectContinue(t, w, w.doProbe(), msg)
+	expectResult(t, w, results.Success, msg)
+	if w.resultRun != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Prober resultRun should be 2")
+	}
+
+	// Exceeding FailureThreshold should cause resultRun to
+	// reset to 1 so that the probe on the restarted pod
+	// also gets FailureThreshold attempts to succeed.
+	m.prober.exec = fakeExecProber{probe.Failure, nil}
+	msg = "3rd probe failure, result failure"
+	expectContinue(t, w, w.doProbe(), msg)
+	expectResult(t, w, results.Failure, msg)
+	if w.resultRun != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Prober resultRun should be reset to 1")
+	}
+}