diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/cni/cni.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/cni/cni.go
index 8255d67232d..48d95b5a8a4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/cni/cni.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/cni/cni.go
@@ -328,6 +328,14 @@ func (plugin *cniNetworkPlugin) TearDownPod(namespace string, name string, id ku
 		klog.Warningf("CNI failed to retrieve network namespace path: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	// Windows doesn't have loNetwork. It comes only with Linux
+	if plugin.loNetwork != nil {
+		// Loopback network deletion failure should not be fatal on teardown
+		if err := plugin.deleteFromNetwork(plugin.loNetwork, name, namespace, id, netnsPath, nil); err != nil {
+			klog.Warningf("CNI failed to delete loopback network: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return plugin.deleteFromNetwork(plugin.getDefaultNetwork(), name, namespace, id, netnsPath, nil)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/cni/cni_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/cni/cni_test.go
index 3a9a367b950..a2de641e01c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/cni/cni_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/cni/cni_test.go
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ func TestCNIPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	cniPlugin.loNetwork.CNIConfig = mockLoCNI
 
 	mockLoCNI.On("AddNetworkList", context.TODO(), cniPlugin.loNetwork.NetworkConfig, mock.AnythingOfType("*libcni.RuntimeConf")).Return(&types020.Result{IP4: &types020.IPConfig{IP: net.IPNet{IP: []byte{127, 0, 0, 1}}}}, nil)
+	mockLoCNI.On("DelNetworkList", context.TODO(), cniPlugin.loNetwork.NetworkConfig, mock.AnythingOfType("*libcni.RuntimeConf")).Return(nil)
 
 	// Check that status returns an error
 	if err := cniPlugin.Status(); err == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/kubenet/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/kubenet/BUILD
index 9264f44ac73..f42ee784d77 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/kubenet/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/kubenet/BUILD
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ go_test(
             "//pkg/util/iptables/testing:go_default_library",
             "//pkg/util/sysctl/testing:go_default_library",
             "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
+            "//vendor/github.com/containernetworking/cni/libcni:go_default_library",
+            "//vendor/github.com/containernetworking/cni/pkg/types:go_default_library",
             "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert:go_default_library",
             "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/mock:go_default_library",
             "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/exec:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go
index 6824cc5ac2d..8e8dc4accac 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go
@@ -499,6 +499,11 @@ func (plugin *kubenetNetworkPlugin) SetUpPod(namespace string, name string, id k
 func (plugin *kubenetNetworkPlugin) teardown(namespace string, name string, id kubecontainer.ContainerID) error {
 	errList := []error{}
 
+	// Loopback network deletion failure should not be fatal on teardown
+	if err := plugin.delContainerFromNetwork(plugin.loConfig, "lo", namespace, name, id); err != nil {
+		klog.Warningf("Failed to delete loopback network: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	// no ip dependent actions
 	if err := plugin.delContainerFromNetwork(plugin.netConfig, network.DefaultInterfaceName, namespace, name, id); err != nil {
 		errList = append(errList, err)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux_test.go
index 7fa70e9c59a..bfe5eadf170 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux_test.go
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ package kubenet
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/containernetworking/cni/libcni"
+	"github.com/containernetworking/cni/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
-	"strings"
-
-	"testing"
 
 	utilsets "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	kubeletconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
@@ -159,6 +161,12 @@ func TestTeardownCallsShaper(t *testing.T) {
 	mockcni := &mock_cni.MockCNI{}
 	ips := make(map[kubecontainer.ContainerID]utilsets.String)
 	kubenet := newFakeKubenetPlugin(ips, fexec, fhost)
+	kubenet.loConfig = &libcni.NetworkConfig{
+		Network: &types.NetConf{
+			Name: "loopback-fake",
+			Type: "loopback",
+		},
+	}
 	kubenet.cniConfig = mockcni
 	kubenet.iptables = ipttest.NewFake()
 	kubenet.bandwidthShaper = fshaper
@@ -255,6 +263,12 @@ func TestTearDownWithoutRuntime(t *testing.T) {
 
 		ips := make(map[kubecontainer.ContainerID]utilsets.String)
 		kubenet := newFakeKubenetPlugin(ips, fexec, fhost)
+		kubenet.loConfig = &libcni.NetworkConfig{
+			Network: &types.NetConf{
+				Name: "loopback-fake",
+				Type: "loopback",
+			},
+		}
 		kubenet.cniConfig = mockcni
 		kubenet.iptables = ipttest.NewFake()