diff --git a/pkg/cri/sbserver/sandbox_run.go b/pkg/cri/sbserver/sandbox_run.go
index ba830559a..d8c9273d3 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/sbserver/sandbox_run.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/sbserver/sandbox_run.go
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func (c *criService) RunPodSandbox(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.RunPodSandbox
 	// TaskOOM from containerd may come before sandbox is added to store,
 	// but we don't care about sandbox TaskOOM right now, so it is fine.
 	go func() {
-		resp, err := controller.Wait(context.Background(), id)
+		resp, err := controller.Wait(ctrdutil.NamespacedContext(), id)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.G(ctx).WithError(err).Error("failed to wait for sandbox controller, skipping exit event")
 			return