diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
index 14fe49e0bc..87e720e017 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) GetContainerLogs(pod *api.Pod, containerID kubecontaine
 		RawTerminal:  false,
 	}
 
-	if !logOptions.Follow && logOptions.TailLines != nil {
+	if logOptions.TailLines != nil {
 		opts.Tail = strconv.FormatInt(*logOptions.TailLines, 10)
 	}