diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_gc.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_gc.go
index 063a89d6b3..35b750d5b1 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_gc.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_gc.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	internalapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/cri"
 	runtimeapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/cri/v1alpha1/runtime"
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
@@ -258,6 +259,12 @@ func (cgc *containerGC) evictSandboxes(evictNonDeletedPods bool) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// collect all the PodSandboxId of container
+	sandboxIDs := sets.NewString()
+	for _, container := range containers {
+		sandboxIDs.Insert(container.PodSandboxId)
+	}
+
 	sandboxes, err := cgc.manager.getKubeletSandboxes(true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -277,15 +284,7 @@ func (cgc *containerGC) evictSandboxes(evictNonDeletedPods bool) error {
 		}
 
 		// Set sandboxes that still have containers to be active.
-		hasContainers := false
-		sandboxID := sandbox.Id
-		for _, container := range containers {
-			if container.PodSandboxId == sandboxID {
-				hasContainers = true
-				break
-			}
-		}
-		if hasContainers {
+		if sandboxIDs.Has(sandbox.Id) {
 			sandboxInfo.active = true
 		}