diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/stats/cri_stats_provider.go b/pkg/kubelet/stats/cri_stats_provider.go
index bdce37a4cc75..829fc2659f78 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/stats/cri_stats_provider.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/stats/cri_stats_provider.go
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ func (p *criStatsProvider) getAndUpdateContainerUsageNanoCores(stats *runtimeapi
 		defer p.mutex.Unlock()
 
 		cached, ok := p.cpuUsageCache[id]
-		if !ok || cached.stats.UsageCoreNanoSeconds == nil {
+		if !ok || cached.stats.UsageCoreNanoSeconds == nil || stats.Cpu.UsageCoreNanoSeconds.Value < cached.stats.UsageCoreNanoSeconds.Value {
 			// Cannot compute the usage now, but update the cached stats anyway
 			p.cpuUsageCache[id] = &cpuUsageRecord{stats: stats.Cpu, usageNanoCores: nil}
 			return nil, nil
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/stats/cri_stats_provider_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/stats/cri_stats_provider_test.go
index c55b37d5b4d5..70f5d17bf913 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/stats/cri_stats_provider_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/stats/cri_stats_provider_test.go
@@ -881,8 +881,32 @@ func TestGetContainerUsageNanoCores(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: &value2,
 		},
+		{
+			desc: "should return nil if cpuacct is reset to 0 in a live container",
+			stats: &runtimeapi.ContainerStats{
+				Attributes: &runtimeapi.ContainerAttributes{
+					Id: "1",
+				},
+				Cpu: &runtimeapi.CpuUsage{
+					Timestamp: 2,
+					UsageCoreNanoSeconds: &runtimeapi.UInt64Value{
+						Value: 0,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			cpuUsageCache: map[string]*cpuUsageRecord{
+				"1": {
+					stats: &runtimeapi.CpuUsage{
+						Timestamp: 1,
+						UsageCoreNanoSeconds: &runtimeapi.UInt64Value{
+							Value: 10000000000,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: nil,
+		},
 	}
-
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		provider := &criStatsProvider{cpuUsageCache: test.cpuUsageCache}
 		// Before the update, the cached value should be nil