diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 496176116b4..7cd76570ea8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -3565,7 +3565,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) generateAPIPodStatus(pod *api.Pod, podStatus *kubecontainer.P
 	})
 
 	if !kl.standaloneMode {
-		hostIP, err := kl.GetHostIP()
+		hostIP, err := kl.getHostIPAnyWay()
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.V(4).Infof("Cannot get host IP: %v", err)
 		} else {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_getters.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_getters.go
index 6c594f53733..5032ebf80f1 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_getters.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_getters.go
@@ -218,3 +218,12 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) GetHostIP() (net.IP, error) {
 	}
 	return nodeutil.GetNodeHostIP(node)
 }
+
+// getHostIPAnyway attempts to return the host IP from kubelet's nodeInfo, or the initialNodeStatus
+func (kl *Kubelet) getHostIPAnyWay() (net.IP, error) {
+	node, err := kl.getNodeAnyWay()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return nodeutil.GetNodeHostIP(node)
+}