diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/container/fake_runtime.go b/pkg/kubelet/container/fake_runtime.go
index a684b3ad293..bedf81f38fc 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/container/fake_runtime.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/container/fake_runtime.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (f *FakeRuntime) GetPods(all bool) ([]*Pod, error) {
 	return f.PodList, f.Err
 }
 
-func (f *FakeRuntime) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, _ api.PodStatus, _ *PodStatus, _ []api.Secret, backOff *util.Backoff) error {
+func (f *FakeRuntime) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, _ api.PodStatus, _ *PodStatus, _ []api.Secret, backOff *util.Backoff) (result PodSyncResult) {
 	f.Lock()
 	defer f.Unlock()
 
@@ -183,7 +183,11 @@ func (f *FakeRuntime) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, _ api.PodStatus, _ *PodStatus, _ []a
 	for _, c := range pod.Spec.Containers {
 		f.StartedContainers = append(f.StartedContainers, c.Name)
 	}
-	return f.Err
+	// TODO(random-liu): Add SyncResult for starting and killing containers
+	if f.Err != nil {
+		result.Fail(f.Err)
+	}
+	return
 }
 
 func (f *FakeRuntime) KillPod(pod *api.Pod, runningPod Pod) error {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go b/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go
index 036e53907fc..7240ade46e1 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ type Runtime interface {
 	// GarbageCollect removes dead containers using the specified container gc policy
 	GarbageCollect(gcPolicy ContainerGCPolicy) error
 	// Syncs the running pod into the desired pod.
-	SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, apiPodStatus api.PodStatus, podStatus *PodStatus, pullSecrets []api.Secret, backOff *util.Backoff) error
+	SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, apiPodStatus api.PodStatus, podStatus *PodStatus, pullSecrets []api.Secret, backOff *util.Backoff) PodSyncResult
 	// KillPod kills all the containers of a pod. Pod may be nil, running pod must not be.
+	// TODO(random-liu): Return PodSyncResult in KillPod.
 	KillPod(pod *api.Pod, runningPod Pod) error
 	// GetAPIPodStatus retrieves the api.PodStatus of the pod, including the information of
 	// all containers in the pod. Clients of this interface assume the
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime_mock.go b/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime_mock.go
index fd5ddad88d2..d5e23f7f230 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime_mock.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime_mock.go
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ func (r *Mock) GetPods(all bool) ([]*Pod, error) {
 	return args.Get(0).([]*Pod), args.Error(1)
 }
 
-func (r *Mock) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, apiStatus api.PodStatus, status *PodStatus, secrets []api.Secret, backOff *util.Backoff) error {
+func (r *Mock) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, apiStatus api.PodStatus, status *PodStatus, secrets []api.Secret, backOff *util.Backoff) PodSyncResult {
 	args := r.Called(pod, apiStatus, status, secrets, backOff)
-	return args.Error(0)
+	return args.Get(0).(PodSyncResult)
 }
 
 func (r *Mock) KillPod(pod *api.Pod, runningPod Pod) error {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
index 2d1fa7d07b1..07b22afd59b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
@@ -1814,13 +1814,7 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) clearReasonCache(pod *api.Pod, container *api.Container
 }
 
 // Sync the running pod to match the specified desired pod.
-func (dm *DockerManager) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, apiPodStatus api.PodStatus, podStatus *kubecontainer.PodStatus, pullSecrets []api.Secret, backOff *util.Backoff) error {
-	result := dm.syncPodWithSyncResult(pod, apiPodStatus, podStatus, pullSecrets, backOff)
-	return result.Error()
-}
-
-// (random-liu) This is just a temporary function, will be removed when we acturally add PodSyncEvent
-func (dm *DockerManager) syncPodWithSyncResult(pod *api.Pod, _ api.PodStatus, podStatus *kubecontainer.PodStatus, pullSecrets []api.Secret, backOff *util.Backoff) (result kubecontainer.PodSyncResult) {
+func (dm *DockerManager) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, _ api.PodStatus, podStatus *kubecontainer.PodStatus, pullSecrets []api.Secret, backOff *util.Backoff) (result kubecontainer.PodSyncResult) {
 	start := time.Now()
 	defer func() {
 		metrics.ContainerManagerLatency.WithLabelValues("SyncPod").Observe(metrics.SinceInMicroseconds(start))
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager_test.go
index 9243d498c13..ec3f1c9a07a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager_test.go
@@ -551,7 +551,9 @@ func runSyncPod(t *testing.T, dm *DockerManager, fakeDocker *FakeDockerClient, p
 	if backOff == nil {
 		backOff = util.NewBackOff(time.Second, time.Minute)
 	}
-	err = dm.SyncPod(pod, *apiPodStatus, podStatus, []api.Secret{}, backOff)
+	//TODO(random-liu): Add test for PodSyncResult
+	result := dm.SyncPod(pod, *apiPodStatus, podStatus, []api.Secret{}, backOff)
+	err = result.Error()
 	if err != nil && !expectErr {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	} else if err == nil && expectErr {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index d51d39cb081..3da402d4a4f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -1675,7 +1675,8 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) syncPod(pod *api.Pod, mirrorPod *api.Pod, runningPod kubecont
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = kl.containerRuntime.SyncPod(pod, apiPodStatus, podStatus, pullSecrets, kl.backOff)
+	result := kl.containerRuntime.SyncPod(pod, apiPodStatus, podStatus, pullSecrets, kl.backOff)
+	err = result.Error()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
index b9e149ce09f..a9a85b4a9c8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
@@ -976,7 +976,13 @@ func (r *Runtime) APIVersion() (kubecontainer.Version, error) {
 }
 
 // SyncPod syncs the running pod to match the specified desired pod.
-func (r *Runtime) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, podStatus api.PodStatus, internalPodStatus *kubecontainer.PodStatus, pullSecrets []api.Secret, backOff *util.Backoff) error {
+func (r *Runtime) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, podStatus api.PodStatus, internalPodStatus *kubecontainer.PodStatus, pullSecrets []api.Secret, backOff *util.Backoff) (result kubecontainer.PodSyncResult) {
+	var err error
+	defer func() {
+		if err != nil {
+			result.Fail(err)
+		}
+	}()
 	// TODO: (random-liu) Stop using running pod in SyncPod()
 	// TODO: (random-liu) Rename podStatus to apiPodStatus, rename internalPodStatus to podStatus, and use new pod status as much as possible,
 	// we may stop using apiPodStatus someday.
@@ -1031,15 +1037,15 @@ func (r *Runtime) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, podStatus api.PodStatus, internalPodStat
 	if restartPod {
 		// Kill the pod only if the pod is actually running.
 		if len(runningPod.Containers) > 0 {
-			if err := r.KillPod(pod, runningPod); err != nil {
-				return err
+			if err = r.KillPod(pod, runningPod); err != nil {
+				return
 			}
 		}
-		if err := r.RunPod(pod, pullSecrets); err != nil {
-			return err
+		if err = r.RunPod(pod, pullSecrets); err != nil {
+			return
 		}
 	}
-	return nil
+	return
 }
 
 // GarbageCollect collects the pods/containers.