diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/runtime/runtime.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/runtime/runtime.go
index 0d0bf976eaa..5610b4bed87 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/runtime/runtime.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -85,7 +85,10 @@ func (runtime *CRIRuntime) IsRunning() error {
 
 // ListKubeContainers lists running k8s CRI pods
 func (runtime *CRIRuntime) ListKubeContainers() ([]string, error) {
-	out, err := runtime.crictl("pods", "-q").CombinedOutput()
+	// Disable debug mode regardless how the crictl is configured so that the debug info won't be
+	// iterpreted to the Pod ID.
+	args := []string{"-D=false", "pods", "-q"}
+	out, err := runtime.crictl(args...).CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "output: %s, error", string(out))
 	}