diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_volumes.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_volumes.go
index 8ffc94e446c..28b98b5dcac 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_volumes.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_volumes.go
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) ListVolumesForPod(podUID types.UID) (map[string]volume.Volume
 	podVolumes := kl.volumeManager.GetMountedVolumesForPod(
 		volumetypes.UniquePodName(podUID))
 	for outerVolumeSpecName, volume := range podVolumes {
+		// TODO: volume.Mounter could be nil if volume object is recovered
+		// from reconciler's sync state process. PR 33616 will fix this problem
+		// to create Mounter object when recovering volume state.
+		if volume.Mounter == nil {
+			continue
+		}
 		volumesToReturn[outerVolumeSpecName] = volume.Mounter
 	}