diff --git a/images/echoheaders/run.sh b/images/echoheaders/run.sh
index 7dd3296047..8df757b9f4 100644
--- a/images/echoheaders/run.sh
+++ b/images/echoheaders/run.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
 echo "Generating self-signed cert"
 mkdir -p /certs
 openssl req -x509 -sha256 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 \
diff --git a/internal/ingress/status/status.go b/internal/ingress/status/status.go
index 4fd4d9fe0e..91f6edcd6e 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/status/status.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/status/status.go
@@ -260,6 +260,11 @@ func (s *statusSync) runningAddresses() ([]string, error) {
 	}
 
 	for _, pod := range pods.Items {
+		// only Running pods are valid
+		if pod.Status.Phase != apiv1.PodRunning {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		name := k8s.GetNodeIPOrName(s.Client, pod.Spec.NodeName, s.UseNodeInternalIP)
 		if !sliceutils.StringInSlice(name, addrs) {
 			addrs = append(addrs, name)
diff --git a/internal/ingress/status/status_test.go b/internal/ingress/status/status_test.go
index 925edf685a..70bac53b11 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/status/status_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/status/status_test.go
@@ -66,6 +66,21 @@ func buildSimpleClientSet() *testclient.Clientset {
 				Spec: apiv1.PodSpec{
 					NodeName: "foo_node_2",
 				},
+				Status: apiv1.PodStatus{
+					Phase: apiv1.PodRunning,
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "foo1-unknown",
+					Namespace: apiv1.NamespaceDefault,
+				},
+				Spec: apiv1.PodSpec{
+					NodeName: "foo_node_1",
+				},
+				Status: apiv1.PodStatus{
+					Phase: apiv1.PodUnknown,
+				},
 			},
 			{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
@@ -87,6 +102,9 @@ func buildSimpleClientSet() *testclient.Clientset {
 				Spec: apiv1.PodSpec{
 					NodeName: "foo_node_2",
 				},
+				Status: apiv1.PodStatus{
+					Phase: apiv1.PodRunning,
+				},
 			},
 		}},
 		&apiv1.ServiceList{Items: []apiv1.Service{