diff --git a/pkg/hostman/guestman/pod.go b/pkg/hostman/guestman/pod.go
index 05f3256480..018132ac4c 100644
--- a/pkg/hostman/guestman/pod.go
+++ b/pkg/hostman/guestman/pod.go
@@ -1320,7 +1320,11 @@ func (s *sPodGuestInstance) getContainerCRIId(ctrId string) (string, error) {
 func (s *sPodGuestInstance) GetContainerByCRIId(criId string) (*hostapi.ContainerDesc, error) {
 	for _, ctr := range s.containers {
 		if ctr.CRIId == criId {
-			return s.GetContainerById(ctr.Id), nil
+			desc := s.GetContainerById(ctr.Id)
+			if desc == nil {
+				return nil, errors.Wrapf(errors.ErrNotFound, "Not found container desc by CRIId %s", criId)
+			}
+			return desc, nil
 		}
 	}
 	return nil, errors.Wrapf(errors.ErrNotFound, "Not found container by CRIId %s", criId)
diff --git a/pkg/hostman/guestman/pod_helper.go b/pkg/hostman/guestman/pod_helper.go
index 40abd88c02..0d6612b9d9 100644
--- a/pkg/hostman/guestman/pod_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/hostman/guestman/pod_helper.go
@@ -306,6 +306,10 @@ func (m *SCpuFreqRealTimeSimulateManager) startSetCpuFreqSimulate() {
 				log.Errorf("failed get %s ctrid by criId %s", pod.GetName(), criIds[i])
 				continue
 			}
+			if ctr == nil {
+				log.Errorf("found nil container desc by criId %s in pod %s", criIds[i], pod.GetName())
+				continue
+			}
 			cpuDir := pod.getContainerSystemCpusDir(ctr.Id)
 			if !fileutils2.Exists(cpuDir) {
 				log.Debugf("%s %s has no cpuDir", pod.GetName(), criIds[i])
diff --git a/pkg/hostman/hostmetrics/container_metrics.go b/pkg/hostman/hostmetrics/container_metrics.go
index 45e5eaa9f8..8af182678b 100644
--- a/pkg/hostman/hostmetrics/container_metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/hostman/hostmetrics/container_metrics.go
@@ -728,6 +728,10 @@ func isPodContainerStopped(prevUsage *GuestMetrics, stat *stats.PodStats) bool {
 
 func (m *SGuestMonitor) PodMetrics(prevUsage *GuestMetrics) *PodMetrics {
 	stat := m.podStat
+	if stat == nil || stat.CPU == nil || stat.CPU.UsageCoreNanoSeconds == nil || stat.Memory == nil || stat.Memory.WorkingSetBytes == nil || stat.Memory.UsageBytes == nil {
+		log.Warningf("skip pod metrics for %s(%s): incomplete pod stats", m.Name, m.Id)
+		return nil
+	}
 	curTime := stat.CPU.Time.Time
 	podCpu := &PodCpuMetric{
 		PodMetricMeta:        NewPodMetricMeta(curTime),
@@ -748,6 +752,10 @@ func (m *SGuestMonitor) PodMetrics(prevUsage *GuestMetrics) *PodMetrics {
 
 	containers := make([]*ContainerMetrics, 0)
 	for _, ctr := range stat.Containers {
+		if ctr.CPU == nil || ctr.CPU.UsageCoreNanoSeconds == nil || ctr.Memory == nil || ctr.Memory.WorkingSetBytes == nil || ctr.Memory.UsageBytes == nil {
+			log.Warningf("skip incomplete container stats in pod %s(%s), container=%s", m.Name, m.Id, ctr.Name)
+			continue
+		}
 		ctrMeta := NewContainerMetricMeta(m.Id, "", ctr.Name, ctr.CPU.Time.Time)
 		cm := &ContainerMetrics{
 			ContainerCpu: &ContainerCpuMetric{