diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_image.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_image.go
index 0c44d7dd92d..356f34d0ec9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_image.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_image.go
@@ -66,10 +66,16 @@ func (ds *dockerService) ImageStatus(_ context.Context, r *runtimeapi.ImageStatu
 
 	imageInspect, err := ds.client.InspectImageByRef(image.Image)
 	if err != nil {
-		if libdocker.IsImageNotFoundError(err) {
-			return &runtimeapi.ImageStatusResponse{}, nil
+		if !libdocker.IsImageNotFoundError(err) {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		imageInspect, err = ds.client.InspectImageByID(image.Image)
+		if err != nil {
+			if libdocker.IsImageNotFoundError(err) {
+				return &runtimeapi.ImageStatusResponse{}, nil
+			}
+			return nil, err
 		}
-		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	imageStatus, err := imageInspectToRuntimeAPIImage(imageInspect)