diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator.go b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator.go
index 6f86e43c3dc..f0a2a5c9f82 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator.go
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ func NewDesiredStateOfWorldPopulator(
 	podManager pod.Manager,
 	podStatusProvider status.PodStatusProvider,
 	desiredStateOfWorld cache.DesiredStateOfWorld,
+	actualStateOfWorld cache.ActualStateOfWorld,
 	kubeContainerRuntime kubecontainer.Runtime,
 	keepTerminatedPodVolumes bool) DesiredStateOfWorldPopulator {
 	return &desiredStateOfWorldPopulator{
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ func NewDesiredStateOfWorldPopulator(
 		podManager:                podManager,
 		podStatusProvider:         podStatusProvider,
 		desiredStateOfWorld:       desiredStateOfWorld,
+		actualStateOfWorld:        actualStateOfWorld,
 		pods: processedPods{
 			processedPods: make(map[volumetypes.UniquePodName]bool)},
 		kubeContainerRuntime:     kubeContainerRuntime,
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ type desiredStateOfWorldPopulator struct {
 	podManager                pod.Manager
 	podStatusProvider         status.PodStatusProvider
 	desiredStateOfWorld       cache.DesiredStateOfWorld
+	actualStateOfWorld        cache.ActualStateOfWorld
 	pods                      processedPods
 	kubeContainerRuntime      kubecontainer.Runtime
 	timeOfLastGetPodStatus    time.Time
@@ -302,6 +305,9 @@ func (dswp *desiredStateOfWorldPopulator) processPodVolumes(pod *v1.Pod) {
 	// some of the volume additions may have failed, should not mark this pod as fully processed
 	if allVolumesAdded {
 		dswp.markPodProcessed(uniquePodName)
+		// New pod has been synced. Re-mount all volumes that need it
+		// (e.g. DownwardAPI)
+		dswp.actualStateOfWorld.MarkRemountRequired(uniquePodName)
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator_test.go
index e9f27af810b..992116c4ad9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator_test.go
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ func createDswpWithVolume(t *testing.T, pv *v1.PersistentVolume, pvc *v1.Persist
 		podtest.NewFakeMirrorClient(), fakeSecretManager, fakeConfigMapManager)
 
 	fakesDSW := cache.NewDesiredStateOfWorld(fakeVolumePluginMgr)
+	fakeASW := cache.NewActualStateOfWorld("fake", fakeVolumePluginMgr)
 	fakeRuntime := &containertest.FakeRuntime{}
 
 	fakeStatusManager := status.NewManager(fakeClient, fakePodManager, &statustest.FakePodDeletionSafetyProvider{})
@@ -536,6 +537,7 @@ func createDswpWithVolume(t *testing.T, pv *v1.PersistentVolume, pvc *v1.Persist
 		podManager:                fakePodManager,
 		podStatusProvider:         fakeStatusManager,
 		desiredStateOfWorld:       fakesDSW,
+		actualStateOfWorld:        fakeASW,
 		pods: processedPods{
 			processedPods: make(map[types.UniquePodName]bool)},
 		kubeContainerRuntime:     fakeRuntime,
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/volume_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/volume_manager.go
index 418a598085d..d8a1079858e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/volume_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/volume_manager.go
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ func NewVolumeManager(
 		podManager,
 		podStatusProvider,
 		vm.desiredStateOfWorld,
+		vm.actualStateOfWorld,
 		kubeContainerRuntime,
 		keepTerminatedPodVolumes)
 	vm.reconciler = reconciler.NewReconciler(
@@ -345,7 +346,6 @@ func (vm *volumeManager) WaitForAttachAndMount(pod *v1.Pod) error {
 	// Remount plugins for which this is true. (Atomically updating volumes,
 	// like Downward API, depend on this to update the contents of the volume).
 	vm.desiredStateOfWorldPopulator.ReprocessPod(uniquePodName)
-	vm.actualStateOfWorld.MarkRemountRequired(uniquePodName)
 
 	err := wait.Poll(
 		podAttachAndMountRetryInterval,