diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_manager.go
index 4e6d181df92..bb7d54e7ac7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_manager.go
@@ -1796,9 +1796,6 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) computePodContainerChanges(pod *api.Pod, podStatus *kub
 	Containers:
 		for i, container := range pod.Spec.InitContainers {
 			containerStatus := podStatus.FindContainerStatusByName(container.Name)
-			if containerStatus == nil {
-				continue
-			}
 			switch {
 			case containerStatus == nil:
 				continue