diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
index d59828aaa37..bab117f6178 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
@@ -1108,10 +1108,12 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) validateContainerLogStatus(podName string, podStatus *v1.PodS
 	var cID string
 
 	cStatus, found := podutil.GetContainerStatus(podStatus.ContainerStatuses, containerName)
-	// if not found, check the init containers
 	if !found {
 		cStatus, found = podutil.GetContainerStatus(podStatus.InitContainerStatuses, containerName)
 	}
+	if !found && utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.EphemeralContainers) {
+		cStatus, found = podutil.GetContainerStatus(podStatus.EphemeralContainerStatuses, containerName)
+	}
 	if !found {
 		return kubecontainer.ContainerID{}, fmt.Errorf("container %q in pod %q is not available", containerName, podName)
 	}