diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go b/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
index b1d286fde539..e0fef3c95b5c 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
@@ -1315,10 +1315,17 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) convertToAPIContainerStatuses(pod *v1.Pod, podStatus *kubecon
 			Image: container.Image,
 			State: defaultWaitingState,
 		}
-		// Apply some values from the old statuses as the default values.
-		if oldStatus, found := oldStatuses[container.Name]; found {
-			status.RestartCount = oldStatus.RestartCount
-			status.LastTerminationState = oldStatus.LastTerminationState
+		oldStatus, found := oldStatuses[container.Name]
+		if found {
+			if isInitContainer && oldStatus.State.Terminated != nil {
+				// Do not update status on terminated init containers as
+				// they be removed at any time.
+				status = &oldStatus
+			} else {
+				// Apply some values from the old statuses as the default values.
+				status.RestartCount = oldStatus.RestartCount
+				status.LastTerminationState = oldStatus.LastTerminationState
+			}
 		}
 		statuses[container.Name] = status
 	}