diff --git a/pkg/operator/k8s/pod.go b/pkg/operator/k8s/pod.go
index cdf501deeb..42ef326967 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/k8s/pod.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/k8s/pod.go
@@ -105,6 +105,19 @@ func GetPodStatus(pod *corev1.Pod) string {
 	case corev1.PodSucceeded:
 		return PodStatusSucceeded
 	case corev1.PodFailed:
+		for _, containerStatus := range pod.Status.ContainerStatuses {
+			if containerStatus.LastTerminationState.Terminated != nil {
+				exitCode := containerStatus.LastTerminationState.Terminated.ExitCode
+				if killStatuses[exitCode] {
+					return PodStatusKilled
+				}
+			} else if containerStatus.State.Terminated != nil {
+				exitCode := containerStatus.State.Terminated.ExitCode
+				if killStatuses[exitCode] {
+					return PodStatusKilled
+				}
+			}
+		}
 		return PodStatusFailed
 	case corev1.PodRunning:
 		if pod.ObjectMeta.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/operator/workloads/workload_spec.go b/pkg/operator/workloads/workload_spec.go
index be25e07db7..ac1c717ef9 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/workloads/workload_spec.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/workloads/workload_spec.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cortexlabs/cortex/pkg/lib/sets/strset"
 	"github.com/cortexlabs/cortex/pkg/operator/aws"
 	ocontext "github.com/cortexlabs/cortex/pkg/operator/context"
+	"github.com/cortexlabs/cortex/pkg/operator/k8s"
 )
 
 type WorkloadSpec struct {
@@ -148,7 +149,12 @@ func UpdateDataWorkflowErrors(failedPods []corev1.Pod) error {
 				if savedStatus.Start == nil {
 					savedStatus.Start = nowTime
 				}
+
 				savedStatus.ExitCode = resource.ExitCodeDataFailed
+				if k8s.GetPodStatus(&pod) == k8s.PodStatusKilled {
+					savedStatus.ExitCode = resource.ExitCodeDataKilled
+				}
+
 				savedStatusesToUpload = append(savedStatusesToUpload, savedStatus)
 			}
 		}