diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go b/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
index 6241f4ba3406..ebf7e8173da1 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) validateContainerLogStatus(podName string, podStatus *v1.PodS
 
 	switch {
 	case previous:
-		if lastState.Terminated == nil {
+		if lastState.Terminated == nil || lastState.Terminated.ContainerID == "" {
 			return kubecontainer.ContainerID{}, fmt.Errorf("previous terminated container %q in pod %q not found", containerName, podName)
 		}
 		cID = lastState.Terminated.ContainerID
@@ -1154,9 +1154,21 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) validateContainerLogStatus(podName string, podStatus *v1.PodS
 		cID = cStatus.ContainerID
 
 	case terminated != nil:
-		cID = terminated.ContainerID
+		// in cases where the next container didn't start, terminated.ContainerID will be empty, so get logs from the lastState.Terminated.
+		if terminated.ContainerID == "" {
+			if lastState.Terminated != nil && lastState.Terminated.ContainerID != "" {
+				cID = lastState.Terminated.ContainerID
+			} else {
+				return kubecontainer.ContainerID{}, fmt.Errorf("container %q in pod %q is terminated", containerName, podName)
+			}
+		} else {
+			cID = terminated.ContainerID
+		}
 
 	case lastState.Terminated != nil:
+		if lastState.Terminated.ContainerID == "" {
+			return kubecontainer.ContainerID{}, fmt.Errorf("container %q in pod %q is terminated", containerName, podName)
+		}
 		cID = lastState.Terminated.ContainerID
 
 	case waiting != nil:
diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go b/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
index 9026cc9657c5..4ea7509bbdd2 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ func TestValidateContainerLogStatus(t *testing.T) {
 						Running: &v1.ContainerStateRunning{},
 					},
 					LastTerminationState: v1.ContainerState{
-						Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{},
+						Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{ContainerID: "docker://fakeid"},
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -761,9 +761,51 @@ func TestValidateContainerLogStatus(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
+			success:  false,
+			pSuccess: false,
+		},
+		{
+			statuses: []v1.ContainerStatus{
+				{
+					Name: containerName,
+					State: v1.ContainerState{
+						Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{ContainerID: "docker://fakeid"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
 			success:  true,
 			pSuccess: false,
 		},
+		{
+			statuses: []v1.ContainerStatus{
+				{
+					Name: containerName,
+					State: v1.ContainerState{
+						Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{},
+					},
+					LastTerminationState: v1.ContainerState{
+						Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			success:  false,
+			pSuccess: false,
+		},
+		{
+			statuses: []v1.ContainerStatus{
+				{
+					Name: containerName,
+					State: v1.ContainerState{
+						Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{},
+					},
+					LastTerminationState: v1.ContainerState{
+						Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{ContainerID: "docker://fakeid"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			success:  true,
+			pSuccess: true,
+		},
 		{
 			statuses: []v1.ContainerStatus{
 				{
diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container.go b/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container.go
index de0b6fdd7f38..4785b63c7f1e 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container.go
@@ -758,7 +758,8 @@ func findNextInitContainerToRun(pod *v1.Pod, podStatus *kubecontainer.PodStatus)
 func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) GetContainerLogs(pod *v1.Pod, containerID kubecontainer.ContainerID, logOptions *v1.PodLogOptions, stdout, stderr io.Writer) (err error) {
 	status, err := m.runtimeService.ContainerStatus(containerID.ID)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get container status %q: %v", containerID, err)
+		glog.V(4).Infof("failed to get container status for %v: %v", containerID.String(), err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to retrieve container logs for %v", containerID.String())
 	}
 	labeledInfo := getContainerInfoFromLabels(status.Labels)
 	annotatedInfo := getContainerInfoFromAnnotations(status.Annotations)