diff --git a/cmd/containerd-shim-runhcs-v1/task.go b/cmd/containerd-shim-runhcs-v1/task.go
index 3304a5e601..337661da77 100644
--- a/cmd/containerd-shim-runhcs-v1/task.go
+++ b/cmd/containerd-shim-runhcs-v1/task.go
@@ -103,5 +103,6 @@ func isStatsNotFound(err error) bool {
 	return errdefs.IsNotFound(err) ||
 		hcs.IsNotExist(err) ||
 		hcs.IsOperationInvalidState(err) ||
-		gcs.IsNotExist(err)
+		gcs.IsNotExist(err) ||
+		hcs.IsAccessIsDenied(err)
 }