diff --git a/pkg/device_plugin/gfd.go b/pkg/device_plugin/gfd.go
index 9d4b2111..74ff4472 100644
--- a/pkg/device_plugin/gfd.go
+++ b/pkg/device_plugin/gfd.go
@@ -105,14 +105,20 @@ func runGFD() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// 3. Create the gfd pod
+	// 3. Create the gfd pod and delete when its done
 	gfdPod := createGFDPod(clientset, nodeName, namespace, gfdImage)
 	err = LaunchPodWithRetries(clientset, gfdPod, namespace)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("Error creating GFD pod: %v", err.Error())
 		return
 	}
+	err = CheckAndDeleteCompletedPod(clientset, gfdPod.Name, namespace)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Error reaping GFD pod: %v", err.Error())
+		return
+	}
 
+	log.Println("GFD pod launched and cleaned up successfully.")
 	return
 }
 
@@ -227,6 +233,18 @@ func getNodeLabel(clientset *kubernetes.Clientset, nodeName, labelKey string) (b
 
 // LaunchPodWithRetries creates the pod object with exponential backoff based retries
 func LaunchPodWithRetries(clientset *kubernetes.Clientset, pod *corev1.Pod, namespace string) error {
+
+	// attempt a delete if the pod already exists
+	existingPod, err := clientset.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).Get(context.Background(), pod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+	if err == nil {
+		err = clientset.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).Delete(context.Background(), existingPod.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Error deleting existing GFD pod: %v", err.Error())
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// launch the new GFD pod
 	backoff := wait.Backoff{
 		Duration: 1 * time.Second,  // Initial delay
 		Factor:   1.5,              // Multiply delay by this factor each step
@@ -236,7 +254,7 @@ func LaunchPodWithRetries(clientset *kubernetes.Clientset, pod *corev1.Pod, name
 	}
 
 	// 2. Execute the retry logic
-	err := wait.ExponentialBackoff(backoff, func() (bool, error) {
+	err = wait.ExponentialBackoff(backoff, func() (bool, error) {
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), ctxTimeout)
 		defer cancel()
 
@@ -296,6 +314,52 @@ func WaitForKataRuntime(clientset *kubernetes.Clientset, nodeName string) error
 	return err
 }
 
+// CheckAndDeleteCompletedPod checks if a pod is 'Succeeded' (Completed) and deletes it.
+func CheckAndDeleteCompletedPod(clientset *kubernetes.Clientset, name, namespace string) error {
+	// 1. Define the backoff parameters
+	backoff := wait.Backoff{
+		Duration: 2 * time.Second, // Initial delay
+		Factor:   1.5,             // Multiplier
+		Jitter:   0.1,             // Adds randomness to prevent "thundering herd"
+		Steps:    30,              // Total number of attempts
+		Cap:      1 * time.Minute, // Maximum delay between attempts
+	}
+
+	// 2. Execute the retry loop
+	err := wait.ExponentialBackoffWithContext(context.Background(), backoff, func(innerCtx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+		pod, err := clientset.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).Get(innerCtx, name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			// If the pod is gone, we stop retrying and return an error
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("error fetching GFD pod: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		log.Printf("Pod %s phase: %s", name, pod.Status.Phase)
+
+		// Check if the pod is 'Succeeded'
+		if pod.Status.Phase == "Succeeded" {
+			log.Printf("GFD Pod %s completed. Deleting...", name)
+
+			err := clientset.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).Delete(innerCtx, name, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+			if err != nil {
+				// If deletion fails, return false to retry deletion on the next step
+				return false, nil
+			}
+
+			// Return true to signal the loop is finished successfully
+			return true, nil
+		}
+
+		// Return false to signal we should wait and try again
+		return false, nil
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("[GFD cleanup] failed after backoff: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func getGPUDeviceName() string {
 	for deviceID, _ := range deviceMap {
 		// Determine device name - skip nvswitch