diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
index 2d1fa7d07b1..a39fc02cb0c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
@@ -441,7 +441,6 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) ConvertPodStatusToAPIPodStatus(pod *api.Pod, podStatus
 	}
 
 	containerDone := sets.NewString()
-	// NOTE(random-liu): The Pod IP is generated in kubelet.generatePodStatus(), we have no podStatus.IP now
 	apiPodStatus.PodIP = podStatus.IP
 	for _, containerStatus := range podStatus.ContainerStatuses {
 		cName := containerStatus.Name
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index d51d39cb081..2a88c37b22b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -1688,17 +1688,8 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) syncPod(pod *api.Pod, mirrorPod *api.Pod, runningPod kubecont
 		if podUsesHostNetwork(pod) {
 			kl.recorder.Event(pod, api.EventTypeWarning, kubecontainer.HostNetworkNotSupported, "Bandwidth shaping is not currently supported on the host network")
 		} else if kl.shaper != nil {
-			status, found := kl.statusManager.GetPodStatus(pod.UID)
-			if !found {
-				statusPtr, err := kl.containerRuntime.GetAPIPodStatus(pod)
-				if err != nil {
-					glog.Errorf("Error getting pod for bandwidth shaping")
-					return err
-				}
-				status = *statusPtr
-			}
-			if len(status.PodIP) > 0 {
-				err = kl.shaper.ReconcileCIDR(fmt.Sprintf("%s/32", status.PodIP), egress, ingress)
+			if len(apiPodStatus.PodIP) > 0 {
+				err = kl.shaper.ReconcileCIDR(fmt.Sprintf("%s/32", apiPodStatus.PodIP), egress, ingress)
 			}
 		} else {
 			kl.recorder.Event(pod, api.EventTypeWarning, kubecontainer.UndefinedShaper, "Pod requests bandwidth shaping, but the shaper is undefined")