diff --git a/plugin/kubernetes/controller.go b/plugin/kubernetes/controller.go
index 6124a19cb..634735584 100644
--- a/plugin/kubernetes/controller.go
+++ b/plugin/kubernetes/controller.go
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ func podListFunc(c kubernetes.Interface, ns string, s labels.Selector) func(meta
 		if s != nil {
 			opts.LabelSelector = s.String()
 		}
+		if len(opts.FieldSelector) > 0 {
+			opts.FieldSelector = opts.FieldSelector + ","
+		}
+		opts.FieldSelector = opts.FieldSelector + "status.phase!=Succeeded,status.phase!=Failed,status.phase!=Unknown"
 		listV1, err := c.CoreV1().Pods(ns).List(opts)
 		return listV1, err
 	}
diff --git a/plugin/kubernetes/watch.go b/plugin/kubernetes/watch.go
index 52529a6b0..fd6e68c8c 100644
--- a/plugin/kubernetes/watch.go
+++ b/plugin/kubernetes/watch.go
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ func podWatchFunc(c kubernetes.Interface, ns string, s labels.Selector) func(opt
 		if s != nil {
 			options.LabelSelector = s.String()
 		}
+		if len(options.FieldSelector) > 0 {
+			options.FieldSelector = options.FieldSelector + ","
+		}
+		options.FieldSelector = options.FieldSelector + "status.phase!=Succeeded,status.phase!=Failed,status.phase!=Unknown"
 		w, err := c.CoreV1().Pods(ns).Watch(options)
 		return w, err
 	}