diff --git a/libkpod/container_server.go b/libkpod/container_server.go
index c51ea4b5..4a65f903 100644
--- a/libkpod/container_server.go
+++ b/libkpod/container_server.go
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ func (c *ContainerServer) LoadSandbox(id string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	ip := m.Annotations[annotations.IP]
+
 	processLabel, mountLabel, err := label.InitLabels(label.DupSecOpt(m.Process.SelinuxLabel))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -311,6 +313,7 @@ func (c *ContainerServer) LoadSandbox(id string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	sb.AddIP(ip)
 
 	// We add a netNS only if we can load a permanent one.
 	// Otherwise, the sandbox will live in the host namespace.
diff --git a/libkpod/sandbox/sandbox.go b/libkpod/sandbox/sandbox.go
index a3ba4010..62550762 100644
--- a/libkpod/sandbox/sandbox.go
+++ b/libkpod/sandbox/sandbox.go
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ type Sandbox struct {
 	hostname       string
 	portMappings   []*hostport.PortMapping
 	stopped        bool
+	// ipv4 or ipv6 cache
+	ip string
 }
 
 const (
@@ -202,6 +204,16 @@ func New(id, namespace, name, kubeName, logDir string, labels, annotations map[s
 	return sb, nil
 }
 
+// AddIP stores the ip in the sandbox
+func (s *Sandbox) AddIP(ip string) {
+	s.ip = ip
+}
+
+// IP returns the ip of the sandbox
+func (s *Sandbox) IP() string {
+	return s.ip
+}
+
 // ID returns the id of the sandbox
 func (s *Sandbox) ID() string {
 	return s.id
diff --git a/pkg/annotations/annotations.go b/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
index 63cc126d..80f943c2 100644
--- a/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
+++ b/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ const (
 	// HostName is the container host name annotation
 	HostName = "io.kubernetes.cri-o.HostName"
 
+	// IP is the container ipv4 or ipv6 address
+	IP = "io.kubernetes.cri-o.IP"
+
 	// Image is the container image ID annotation
 	Image = "io.kubernetes.cri-o.Image"
 
diff --git a/server/sandbox_run.go b/server/sandbox_run.go
index 815175e2..3f8be488 100644
--- a/server/sandbox_run.go
+++ b/server/sandbox_run.go
@@ -449,13 +449,6 @@ func (s *Server) RunPodSandbox(ctx context.Context, req *pb.RunPodSandboxRequest
 	}
 	g.AddAnnotation(annotations.MountPoint, mountPoint)
 	g.SetRootPath(mountPoint)
-	err = g.SaveToFile(filepath.Join(podContainer.Dir, "config.json"), saveOptions)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to save template configuration for pod sandbox %s(%s): %v", sb.Name(), id, err)
-	}
-	if err = g.SaveToFile(filepath.Join(podContainer.RunDir, "config.json"), saveOptions); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to write runtime configuration for pod sandbox %s(%s): %v", sb.Name(), id, err)
-	}
 
 	container, err := oci.NewContainer(id, containerName, podContainer.RunDir, logPath, sb.NetNs(), labels, kubeAnnotations, "", "", "", nil, id, false, false, false, sb.Privileged(), sb.Trusted(), podContainer.Dir, created, podContainer.Config.Config.StopSignal)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -482,6 +475,9 @@ func (s *Server) RunPodSandbox(ctx context.Context, req *pb.RunPodSandboxRequest
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get valid ipv4 address for container %s in sandbox %s", containerName, id)
 			}
 
+			g.AddAnnotation(annotations.IP, ip)
+			sb.AddIP(ip)
+
 			if err = s.hostportManager.Add(id, &hostport.PodPortMapping{
 				Name:         name,
 				PortMappings: portMappings,
@@ -494,6 +490,14 @@ func (s *Server) RunPodSandbox(ctx context.Context, req *pb.RunPodSandboxRequest
 		}
 	}
 
+	err = g.SaveToFile(filepath.Join(podContainer.Dir, "config.json"), saveOptions)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to save template configuration for pod sandbox %s(%s): %v", sb.Name(), id, err)
+	}
+	if err = g.SaveToFile(filepath.Join(podContainer.RunDir, "config.json"), saveOptions); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to write runtime configuration for pod sandbox %s(%s): %v", sb.Name(), id, err)
+	}
+
 	if err = s.runContainer(container, sb.CgroupParent()); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/server/sandbox_status.go b/server/sandbox_status.go
index db95222d..f5b6dd09 100644
--- a/server/sandbox_status.go
+++ b/server/sandbox_status.go
@@ -18,16 +18,6 @@ func (s *Server) PodSandboxStatus(ctx context.Context, req *pb.PodSandboxStatusR
 	podInfraContainer := sb.InfraContainer()
 	cState := s.Runtime().ContainerStatus(podInfraContainer)
 
-	netNsPath, err := podInfraContainer.NetNsPath()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	ip, err := s.netPlugin.GetContainerNetworkStatus(netNsPath, sb.Namespace(), sb.KubeName(), sb.ID())
-	if err != nil {
-		// ignore the error on network status
-		ip = ""
-	}
-
 	rStatus := pb.PodSandboxState_SANDBOX_NOTREADY
 	if cState.Status == oci.ContainerStateRunning {
 		rStatus = pb.PodSandboxState_SANDBOX_READY
@@ -38,7 +28,7 @@ func (s *Server) PodSandboxStatus(ctx context.Context, req *pb.PodSandboxStatusR
 		Status: &pb.PodSandboxStatus{
 			Id:          sandboxID,
 			CreatedAt:   podInfraContainer.CreatedAt().UnixNano(),
-			Network:     &pb.PodSandboxNetworkStatus{Ip: ip},
+			Network:     &pb.PodSandboxNetworkStatus{Ip: sb.IP()},
 			State:       rStatus,
 			Labels:      sb.Labels(),
 			Annotations: sb.Annotations(),