diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_container.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_container.go
index af69796cd0..4c87970f4d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_container.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_container.go
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ func (ds *dockerService) CreateContainer(_ context.Context, r *runtimeapi.Create
 		},
 		HostConfig: &dockercontainer.HostConfig{
 			Binds: generateMountBindings(config.GetMounts()),
+			RestartPolicy: dockercontainer.RestartPolicy{
+				Name: "no",
+			},
 		},
 	}