diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
index 19f1509f242..fa00196a493 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
@@ -1616,18 +1616,17 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) convertToAPIContainerStatuses(pod *v1.Pod, podStatus *kubecon
 		statuses[container.Name] = status
 	}
 
+	// Sort the container statuses since clients of this interface expect the list
+	// of containers in a pod has a deterministic order.
+	if isInitContainer {
+		return kubetypes.SortStatusesOfInitContainers(pod, statuses)
+	}
 	var containerStatuses []v1.ContainerStatus
 	for _, status := range statuses {
 		containerStatuses = append(containerStatuses, *status)
 	}
 
-	// Sort the container statuses since clients of this interface expect the list
-	// of containers in a pod has a deterministic order.
-	if isInitContainer {
-		kubetypes.SortInitContainerStatuses(pod, containerStatuses)
-	} else {
-		sort.Sort(kubetypes.SortedContainerStatuses(containerStatuses))
-	}
+	sort.Sort(kubetypes.SortedContainerStatuses(containerStatuses))
 	return containerStatuses
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/types/types.go b/pkg/kubelet/types/types.go
index a840e7de84e..b20d289a4b6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/types/types.go
@@ -87,6 +87,17 @@ func SortInitContainerStatuses(p *v1.Pod, statuses []v1.ContainerStatus) {
 	}
 }
 
+func SortStatusesOfInitContainers(p *v1.Pod, statusMap map[string]*v1.ContainerStatus) []v1.ContainerStatus {
+	containers := p.Spec.InitContainers
+	statuses := []v1.ContainerStatus{}
+	for _, container := range containers {
+		if status, found := statusMap[container.Name]; found {
+			statuses = append(statuses, *status)
+		}
+	}
+	return statuses
+}
+
 // Reservation represents reserved resources for non-pod components.
 type Reservation struct {
 	// System represents resources reserved for non-kubernetes components.