diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/pleg/generic.go b/pkg/kubelet/pleg/generic.go
index 137569633a6..3b9ba505e7b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/pleg/generic.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/pleg/generic.go
@@ -383,7 +383,11 @@ func (g *GenericPLEG) updateCache(pod *kubecontainer.Pod, pid types.UID) error {
 	// GetPodStatus(pod *kubecontainer.Pod) so that Docker can avoid listing
 	// all containers again.
 	status, err := g.runtime.GetPodStatus(pod.ID, pod.Name, pod.Namespace)
-	klog.V(4).ErrorS(err, "PLEG: Write status", "pod", klog.KRef(pod.Namespace, pod.Name), "podStatus", status)
+	if klog.V(6).Enabled() {
+		klog.V(6).ErrorS(err, "PLEG: Write status", "pod", klog.KRef(pod.Namespace, pod.Name), "podStatus", status)
+	} else {
+		klog.V(4).ErrorS(err, "PLEG: Write status", "pod", klog.KRef(pod.Namespace, pod.Name))
+	}
 	if err == nil {
 		// Preserve the pod IP across cache updates if the new IP is empty.
 		// When a pod is torn down, kubelet may race with PLEG and retrieve