diff --git a/pkg/controller/petset/fakes.go b/pkg/controller/petset/fakes.go
index ddbaff1b073..e7ce9d05455 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/petset/fakes.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/petset/fakes.go
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ func (f *fakePetClient) setHealthy(index int) error {
 	}
 	f.pets[index].pod.Status.Phase = api.PodRunning
 	f.pets[index].pod.Annotations[PetSetInitAnnotation] = "true"
+	f.pets[index].pod.Status.Conditions = []api.PodCondition{
+		{Type: api.PodReady, Status: api.ConditionTrue},
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/petset/pet.go b/pkg/controller/petset/pet.go
index 685e3d6e031..aa3534c442b 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/petset/pet.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/petset/pet.go
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ func (d *defaultPetHealthChecker) isHealthy(pod *api.Pod) bool {
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	return b
+	return b && api.IsPodReady(pod)
 }
 
 // isDying returns true if the pod has a non-nil deletion timestamp. Since the