diff --git a/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yml
index 0b5041c28..208c89822 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./e2e
         run: ./setup_cluster.sh
 
+      - name: Test simple pod
+        working-directory: ./e2e
+        run: ./test-simple-pod.sh
+
       - name: Test macvlan1
         working-directory: ./e2e
         run: ./test-simple-macvlan1.sh
diff --git a/e2e/simple-pod.yml b/e2e/simple-pod.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82ca926c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/simple-pod.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: simple-centos1
+  annotations:
+  labels:
+    app: simple
+spec:
+  containers:
+  - name: simple-centos1
+    image: centos:8
+    command: ["/bin/sleep", "10000"]
+    securityContext:
+      privileged: true
diff --git a/e2e/test-simple-pod.sh b/e2e/test-simple-pod.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7d6f602b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/test-simple-pod.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -o errexit
+
+export PATH=${PATH}:./bin
+
+kubectl create -f simple-pod.yml
+kubectl wait --for=condition=ready -l app=simple --timeout=300s pod
+
+echo "cleanup resources"
+kubectl delete -f simple-pod.yml
diff --git a/pkg/k8sclient/k8sclient.go b/pkg/k8sclient/k8sclient.go
index b5b6fdd05..4e78ea5f9 100644
--- a/pkg/k8sclient/k8sclient.go
+++ b/pkg/k8sclient/k8sclient.go
@@ -367,6 +367,9 @@ func TryLoadPodDelegates(pod *v1.Pod, conf *types.NetConf, clientInfo *ClientInf
 		return len(delegates), clientInfo, nil
 	}
 
+	if _, ok := err.(*NoK8sNetworkError); ok {
+		return 0, clientInfo, nil
+	}
 	return 0, clientInfo, err
 }