diff --git a/pkg/cri/server/sandbox_run.go b/pkg/cri/server/sandbox_run.go
index 2501b7cb6..516ab3ac8 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/server/sandbox_run.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/server/sandbox_run.go
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ func (c *criService) RunPodSandbox(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.RunPodSandbox
 			RuntimeHandler: r.GetRuntimeHandler(),
 		},
 		sandboxstore.Status{
-			State: sandboxstore.StateUnknown,
+			State:     sandboxstore.StateUnknown,
+			CreatedAt: time.Now().UTC(),
 		},
 	)