diff --git a/pkg/adaptation/adaptation.go b/pkg/adaptation/adaptation.go
index 8022804..10e58ae 100644
--- a/pkg/adaptation/adaptation.go
+++ b/pkg/adaptation/adaptation.go
@@ -336,25 +336,48 @@ func (r *Adaptation) startPlugins() (retErr error) {
 	}()
 
 	for i, name := range names {
-		log.Infof(noCtx, "starting plugin %q...", name)
+		log.Infof(noCtx, "starting pre-installed NRI plugin %q...", name)
 
 		id := ids[i]
-
 		p, err := r.newLaunchedPlugin(r.pluginPath, id, name, configs[i])
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to start NRI plugin %q: %w", name, err)
+			log.Warnf(noCtx, "failed to initialize pre-installed NRI plugin %q: %v", name, err)
+			continue
 		}
 
 		if err := p.start(r.name, r.version); err != nil {
-			return err
+			log.Warnf(noCtx, "failed to start pre-installed NRI plugin %q: %v", name, err)
+			continue
 		}
 
 		plugins = append(plugins, p)
 	}
 
+	// Although the error returned by syncPlugins may not be nil, r.syncFn could still ignores this error and returns a nil error.
+	// We need to make sure that the plugins are successfully synchronized in the `plugins`
+	syncPlugins := func(ctx context.Context, pods []*PodSandbox, containers []*Container) (updates []*ContainerUpdate, err error) {
+		startedPlugins := plugins
+		plugins = make([]*plugin, 0, len(plugins))
+		for _, plugin := range startedPlugins {
+			us, err := plugin.synchronize(ctx, pods, containers)
+			if err != nil {
+				plugin.stop()
+				log.Warnf(noCtx, "failed to synchronize pre-installed NRI plugin %q: %v", plugin.name(), err)
+				continue
+			}
+
+			plugins = append(plugins, plugin)
+			updates = append(updates, us...)
+			log.Infof(noCtx, "pre-installed NRI plugin %q synchronization success", plugin.name())
+		}
+		return updates, nil
+	}
+	if err := r.syncFn(noCtx, syncPlugins); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to synchronize pre-installed NRI Plugins: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	r.plugins = plugins
 	r.sortPlugins()
-
 	return nil
 }