diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
index d630672afa4..15cc1dc2b5a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
@@ -466,6 +466,10 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) computePodActions(pod *v1.Pod, podStatus *ku
 	if createPodSandbox {
 		if !shouldRestartOnFailure(pod) && attempt != 0 {
 			// Should not restart the pod, just return.
+			// we should not create a sandbox for a pod if it is already done.
+			// if all containers are done and should not be started, there is no need to create a new sandbox.
+			// this stops confusing logs on pods whose containers all have exit codes, but we recreate a sandbox before terminating it.
+			changes.CreateSandbox = false
 			return changes
 		}
 		if len(pod.Spec.InitContainers) != 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager_test.go
index b1de84e1c38..5c4e32c96f3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager_test.go
@@ -906,6 +906,29 @@ func TestComputePodActions(t *testing.T) {
 			// TODO: Add a test case for containers which failed the liveness
 			// check. Will need to fake the livessness check result.
 		},
+		"Verify we do not create a pod sandbox if no ready sandbox for pod with RestartPolicy=Never and all containers exited": {
+			mutatePodFn: func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+				pod.Spec.RestartPolicy = v1.RestartPolicyNever
+			},
+			mutateStatusFn: func(status *kubecontainer.PodStatus) {
+				// no ready sandbox
+				status.SandboxStatuses[0].State = runtimeapi.PodSandboxState_SANDBOX_NOTREADY
+				status.SandboxStatuses[0].Metadata.Attempt = uint32(1)
+				// all containers exited
+				for i := range status.ContainerStatuses {
+					status.ContainerStatuses[i].State = kubecontainer.ContainerStateExited
+					status.ContainerStatuses[i].ExitCode = 0
+				}
+			},
+			actions: podActions{
+				SandboxID:         baseStatus.SandboxStatuses[0].Id,
+				Attempt:           uint32(2),
+				CreateSandbox:     false,
+				KillPod:           true,
+				ContainersToStart: []int{},
+				ContainersToKill:  map[kubecontainer.ContainerID]containerToKillInfo{},
+			},
+		},
 	} {
 		pod, status := makeBasePodAndStatus()
 		if test.mutatePodFn != nil {