diff --git a/cri/v1alpha1/cri.go b/cri/v1alpha1/cri.go
index 5dda38b2b6..700b5d56bc 100644
--- a/cri/v1alpha1/cri.go
+++ b/cri/v1alpha1/cri.go
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ func (c *CriManager) ContainerStats(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.ContainerSta
 func (c *CriManager) ListContainerStats(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.ListContainerStatsRequest) (*runtime.ListContainerStatsResponse, error) {
 	opts := &mgr.ContainerListOption{All: true}
 	filter := func(c *mgr.Container) bool {
-		return true
+		return c.Config.Labels[containerTypeLabelKey] == containerTypeLabelContainer
 	}
 	opts.FilterFunc = filter
 
diff --git a/cri/v1alpha2/cri.go b/cri/v1alpha2/cri.go
index 9d67f3ce3e..7597eb99aa 100644
--- a/cri/v1alpha2/cri.go
+++ b/cri/v1alpha2/cri.go
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ func (c *CriManager) ContainerStats(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.ContainerSta
 func (c *CriManager) ListContainerStats(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.ListContainerStatsRequest) (*runtime.ListContainerStatsResponse, error) {
 	opts := &mgr.ContainerListOption{All: true}
 	filter := func(c *mgr.Container) bool {
-		return true
+		return c.Config.Labels[containerTypeLabelKey] == containerTypeLabelContainer
 	}
 	opts.FilterFunc = filter