diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_sandbox.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_sandbox.go
index 3cc23eee9b..c3120e2207 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_sandbox.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_sandbox.go
@@ -239,9 +239,9 @@ func (ds *dockerService) StopPodSandbox(podSandboxID string) error {
 		}
 	}
 	if err := ds.client.StopContainer(podSandboxID, defaultSandboxGracePeriod); err != nil {
-		glog.Errorf("Failed to stop sandbox %q: %v", podSandboxID, err)
 		// Do not return error if the container does not exist
 		if !libdocker.IsContainerNotFoundError(err) {
+			glog.Errorf("Failed to stop sandbox %q: %v", podSandboxID, err)
 			errList = append(errList, err)
 		}
 	}