diff --git a/cri/v1alpha1/cri.go b/cri/v1alpha1/cri.go
index 477ce659a..7a3ac910a 100644
--- a/cri/v1alpha1/cri.go
+++ b/cri/v1alpha1/cri.go
@@ -710,11 +710,16 @@ func (c *CriManager) ContainerStatus(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.ContainerSt
 
 	labels, annotations := extractLabels(container.Config.Labels)
 
-	imageRef := container.Image
-	imageInfo, err := c.ImageMgr.GetImage(ctx, imageRef)
+	// FIXME(fuwei): if user repush image with the same reference, the image
+	// ID will be changed. For now, pouch daemon will remove the old image ID
+	// so that CRI fails to fetch the running container. Before upgrade
+	// pouch daemon image manager, we use reference to get image instead of
+	// id.
+	imageInfo, err := c.ImageMgr.GetImage(ctx, container.Config.Image)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get image %s: %v", imageRef, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get image %s: %v", container.Config.Image, err)
 	}
+	imageRef := imageInfo.ID
 	if len(imageInfo.RepoDigests) > 0 {
 		imageRef = imageInfo.RepoDigests[0]
 	}
diff --git a/cri/v1alpha2/cri.go b/cri/v1alpha2/cri.go
index ab46b7db3..5fedaa50c 100644
--- a/cri/v1alpha2/cri.go
+++ b/cri/v1alpha2/cri.go
@@ -709,11 +709,16 @@ func (c *CriManager) ContainerStatus(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.ContainerSt
 
 	labels, annotations := extractLabels(container.Config.Labels)
 
-	imageRef := container.Image
-	imageInfo, err := c.ImageMgr.GetImage(ctx, imageRef)
+	// FIXME(fuwei): if user repush image with the same reference, the image
+	// ID will be changed. For now, pouch daemon will remove the old image ID
+	// so that CRI fails to fetch the running container. Before upgrade
+	// pouch daemon image manager, we use reference to get image instead of
+	// id.
+	imageInfo, err := c.ImageMgr.GetImage(ctx, container.Config.Image)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get image %s: %v", imageRef, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get image %s: %v", container.Config.Image, err)
 	}
+	imageRef := imageInfo.ID
 	if len(imageInfo.RepoDigests) > 0 {
 		imageRef = imageInfo.RepoDigests[0]
 	}