diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_gc.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_gc.go
index f22430a7fa3..b139dba9272 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_gc.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_gc.go
@@ -277,17 +277,17 @@ func (cgc *containerGC) evictSandboxes(evictTerminatedPods bool) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	sandboxes, err := cgc.manager.getKubeletSandboxes(true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	// collect all the PodSandboxId of container
 	sandboxIDs := sets.NewString()
 	for _, container := range containers {
 		sandboxIDs.Insert(container.PodSandboxId)
 	}
 
-	sandboxes, err := cgc.manager.getKubeletSandboxes(true)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	sandboxesByPod := make(sandboxesByPodUID)
 	for _, sandbox := range sandboxes {
 		podUID := types.UID(sandbox.Metadata.Uid)