diff --git a/pkg/controller/podgc/gc_controller.go b/pkg/controller/podgc/gc_controller.go
index c863749ced8..2b16017e5a6 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/podgc/gc_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/podgc/gc_controller.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/eviction"
 	nodeutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/node"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/taints"
 )
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ func (gcc *PodGCController) gcTerminating(ctx context.Context, pods []*v1.Pod) {
 
 	klog.V(4).Infof("Garbage collecting %v pods that are terminating on node tainted with node.kubernetes.io/out-of-service", deleteCount)
 	// sort only when necessary
-	sort.Sort(byCreationTimestamp(terminatingPods))
+	sort.Sort(byEvictionAndCreationTimestamp(terminatingPods))
 	var wait sync.WaitGroup
 	for i := 0; i < deleteCount; i++ {
 		wait.Add(1)
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ func (gcc *PodGCController) gcTerminated(ctx context.Context, pods []*v1.Pod) {
 
 	klog.InfoS("Garbage collecting pods", "numPods", deleteCount)
 	// sort only when necessary
-	sort.Sort(byCreationTimestamp(terminatedPods))
+	sort.Sort(byEvictionAndCreationTimestamp(terminatedPods))
 	var wait sync.WaitGroup
 	for i := 0; i < deleteCount; i++ {
 		wait.Add(1)
@@ -308,13 +309,20 @@ func (gcc *PodGCController) gcUnscheduledTerminating(ctx context.Context, pods [
 	}
 }
 
-// byCreationTimestamp sorts a list by creation timestamp, using their names as a tie breaker.
-type byCreationTimestamp []*v1.Pod
+// byEvictionAndCreationTimestamp sorts a list by Evicted status and then creation timestamp,
+// using their names as a tie breaker.
+// Evicted pods will be deleted first to avoid impact on terminated pods created by controllers.
+type byEvictionAndCreationTimestamp []*v1.Pod
 
-func (o byCreationTimestamp) Len() int      { return len(o) }
-func (o byCreationTimestamp) Swap(i, j int) { o[i], o[j] = o[j], o[i] }
+func (o byEvictionAndCreationTimestamp) Len() int      { return len(o) }
+func (o byEvictionAndCreationTimestamp) Swap(i, j int) { o[i], o[j] = o[j], o[i] }
 
-func (o byCreationTimestamp) Less(i, j int) bool {
+func (o byEvictionAndCreationTimestamp) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	iEvicted, jEvicted := eviction.PodIsEvicted(o[i].Status), eviction.PodIsEvicted(o[j].Status)
+	// Evicted pod is smaller
+	if iEvicted != jEvicted {
+		return iEvicted
+	}
 	if o[i].CreationTimestamp.Equal(&o[j].CreationTimestamp) {
 		return o[i].Name < o[j].Name
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/podgc/gc_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/podgc/gc_controller_test.go
index e021a87fffe..d8802d53732 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/podgc/gc_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/podgc/gc_controller_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/testutil"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/eviction"
 	testingclock "k8s.io/utils/clock/testing"
 )
 
@@ -55,8 +56,9 @@ func NewFromClient(kubeClient clientset.Interface, terminatedPodThreshold int) (
 
 func TestGCTerminated(t *testing.T) {
 	type nameToPhase struct {
-		name  string
-		phase v1.PodPhase
+		name   string
+		phase  v1.PodPhase
+		reason string
 	}
 
 	testCases := []struct {
@@ -127,6 +129,24 @@ func TestGCTerminated(t *testing.T) {
 			threshold:       5,
 			deletedPodNames: sets.NewString(),
 		},
+		{
+			pods: []nameToPhase{
+				{name: "a", phase: v1.PodFailed},
+				{name: "b", phase: v1.PodSucceeded},
+				{name: "c", phase: v1.PodFailed, reason: eviction.Reason},
+			},
+			threshold:       1,
+			deletedPodNames: sets.NewString("c", "a"),
+		},
+		{
+			pods: []nameToPhase{
+				{name: "a", phase: v1.PodRunning},
+				{name: "b", phase: v1.PodSucceeded},
+				{name: "c", phase: v1.PodFailed, reason: eviction.Reason},
+			},
+			threshold:       1,
+			deletedPodNames: sets.NewString("c"),
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range testCases {
@@ -140,7 +160,7 @@ func TestGCTerminated(t *testing.T) {
 				creationTime = creationTime.Add(1 * time.Hour)
 				pods = append(pods, &v1.Pod{
 					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: pod.name, CreationTimestamp: metav1.Time{Time: creationTime}},
-					Status:     v1.PodStatus{Phase: pod.phase},
+					Status:     v1.PodStatus{Phase: pod.phase, Reason: pod.reason},
 					Spec:       v1.PodSpec{NodeName: "node"},
 				})
 			}