diff --git a/rootfs/scheduler/resources/pod.py b/rootfs/scheduler/resources/pod.py
index b9695c38b..941f1bad6 100644
--- a/rootfs/scheduler/resources/pod.py
+++ b/rootfs/scheduler/resources/pod.py
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ def _handle_pod_errors(self, pod, reason, message):
             'ImagePullBackOff',
             'RegistryUnavailable',
             'ErrImageInspect',
+            "CreateContainerError",
         ]
         # Image event reason mapping
         event_errors = {
@@ -537,7 +538,7 @@ def _handle_pod_errors(self, pod, reason, message):
 
         # Nicer error than from the event
         # Often this gets to ImageBullBackOff before we can introspect tho
-        if reason == 'ErrImagePull':
+        if reason in ['ErrImagePull', 'CreateContainerError']:
             raise KubeException(message)
 
         # collect all error messages of worth