diff --git a/internal/lib/container_server.go b/internal/lib/container_server.go
index 2f5f6ef27ef..9e303001a82 100644
--- a/internal/lib/container_server.go
+++ b/internal/lib/container_server.go
@@ -277,21 +277,21 @@ func (c *ContainerServer) LoadSandbox(ctx context.Context, id string) (sb *sandb
 		if err != nil {
 			return sb, err
 		}
-		scontainer.SetSpec(&m)
-		scontainer.SetMountPoint(m.Annotations[annotations.MountPoint])
-
-		if m.Annotations[annotations.Volumes] != "" {
-			containerVolumes := []oci.ContainerVolume{}
-			if err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(m.Annotations[annotations.Volumes]), &containerVolumes); err != nil {
-				return sb, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal container volumes: %v", err)
-			}
-			for _, cv := range containerVolumes {
-				scontainer.AddVolume(cv)
-			}
-		}
 	} else {
 		scontainer = oci.NewSpoofedContainer(cID, cname, labels, id, created, sandboxPath)
 	}
+	scontainer.SetSpec(&m)
+	scontainer.SetMountPoint(m.Annotations[annotations.MountPoint])
+
+	if m.Annotations[annotations.Volumes] != "" {
+		containerVolumes := []oci.ContainerVolume{}
+		if err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(m.Annotations[annotations.Volumes]), &containerVolumes); err != nil {
+			return sb, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal container volumes: %v", err)
+		}
+		for _, cv := range containerVolumes {
+			scontainer.AddVolume(cv)
+		}
+	}
 
 	if err := c.ContainerStateFromDisk(ctx, scontainer); err != nil {
 		return sb, fmt.Errorf("error reading sandbox state from disk %q: %v", scontainer.ID(), err)
diff --git a/server/sandbox_status.go b/server/sandbox_status.go
index 5be37282151..0f54192b475 100644
--- a/server/sandbox_status.go
+++ b/server/sandbox_status.go
@@ -81,17 +81,23 @@ func toPodIPs(ips []string) (result []*types.PodIP) {
 }
 
 func createSandboxInfo(c *oci.Container) (map[string]string, error) {
+	var info interface{}
 	if c.Spoofed() {
-		return map[string]string{"info": "{}"}, nil
-	}
-	info := struct {
-		Image       string    `json:"image"`
-		Pid         int       `json:"pid"`
-		RuntimeSpec spec.Spec `json:"runtimeSpec,omitempty"`
-	}{
-		c.Image(),
-		c.State().Pid,
-		c.Spec(),
+		info = struct {
+			RuntimeSpec spec.Spec `json:"runtimeSpec,omitempty"`
+		}{
+			c.Spec(),
+		}
+	} else {
+		info = struct {
+			Image       string    `json:"image"`
+			Pid         int       `json:"pid"`
+			RuntimeSpec spec.Spec `json:"runtimeSpec,omitempty"`
+		}{
+			c.Image(),
+			c.State().Pid,
+			c.Spec(),
+		}
 	}
 	bytes, err := json.Marshal(info)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/test/drop_infra.bats b/test/drop_infra.bats
index db01c950ed9..e86ea7b76b5 100644
--- a/test/drop_infra.bats
+++ b/test/drop_infra.bats
@@ -33,3 +33,11 @@ function teardown() {
 	output=$(runtime list)
 	[[ "$output" = *"$pod_id"* ]]
 }
+
+@test "test infra ctr dropped status" {
+	jq '.linux.security_context.namespace_options.pid = 1' \
+		"$TESTDATA"/sandbox_config.json > "$TESTDIR"/sandbox_no_infra.json
+	pod_id=$(crictl runp "$TESTDIR"/sandbox_no_infra.json)
+	output=$(crictl inspectp "$pod_id" | jq .info )
+	[[ "$output" != "{}" ]]
+}