diff --git a/internal/storage/image.go b/internal/storage/image.go
index 706574b7b30..cc3977a3ec1 100644
--- a/internal/storage/image.go
+++ b/internal/storage/image.go
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ type imageService struct {
 	ctx            context.Context
 }
 
+// ImageBeingPulled map[string]bool to keep track of the images haven't done pulling.
+var ImageBeingPulled sync.Map
+
 // CgroupPullConfiguration
 type CgroupPullConfiguration struct {
 	UseNewCgroup bool
@@ -316,6 +319,19 @@ func (svc *imageService) ListImages(systemContext *types.SystemContext, filter s
 			}
 			results, err = svc.appendCachedResult(systemContext, ref, image, results, newImageCache)
 			if err != nil {
+				// skip reporting errors if the images haven't finished pulling
+				if os.IsNotExist(errors.Cause(err)) {
+					donePulling := true
+					for _, name := range image.Names {
+						if _, ok := ImageBeingPulled.Load(name); ok {
+							donePulling = false
+							break
+						}
+					}
+					if !donePulling {
+						continue
+					}
+				}
 				return nil, err
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/server/image_pull.go b/server/image_pull.go
index 2e600af81b1..b463029f38a 100644
--- a/server/image_pull.go
+++ b/server/image_pull.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ func (s *Server) PullImage(ctx context.Context, req *types.PullImageRequest) (*t
 		if !inProgress {
 			pullOp = &pullOperation{}
 			s.pullOperationsInProgress[pullArgs] = pullOp
+			storage.ImageBeingPulled.Store(pullArgs.image, true)
 			pullOp.wg.Add(1)
 		}
 		return pullOp, inProgress
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ func (s *Server) PullImage(ctx context.Context, req *types.PullImageRequest) (*t
 		defer func() {
 			s.pullOperationsLock.Lock()
 			delete(s.pullOperationsInProgress, pullArgs)
+			storage.ImageBeingPulled.Delete(pullArgs.image)
 			pullOp.wg.Done()
 			s.pullOperationsLock.Unlock()
 		}()