diff --git a/pkg/storage/image.go b/pkg/storage/image.go
index 9df7ffbc..c14c9204 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/image.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/image.go
@@ -616,6 +616,8 @@ func splitDockerDomain(name string) (domain, remainder string) {
 	return
 }
 
+// ResolveNames resolves an image name into a storage image ID or a fully-qualified image name (domain/repo/image:tag).
+// Will only return an empty slice if err != nil.
 func (svc *imageService) ResolveNames(imageName string) ([]string, error) {
 	// _Maybe_ it's a truncated image ID.  Don't prepend a registry name, then.
 	if len(imageName) >= minimumTruncatedIDLength && svc.store != nil {
diff --git a/server/container_create.go b/server/container_create.go
index e815a14f..ce335ec1 100644
--- a/server/container_create.go
+++ b/server/container_create.go
@@ -1038,14 +1038,24 @@ func (s *Server) createSandboxContainer(ctx context.Context, containerID string,
 	}
 
 	// Get imageName and imageRef that are later requested in container status
-	status, err := s.StorageImageServer().ImageStatus(s.ImageContext(), images[0])
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	var (
+		imgResult    *storage.ImageResult
+		imgResultErr error
+	)
+	for _, img := range images {
+		imgResult, imgResultErr = s.StorageImageServer().ImageStatus(s.ImageContext(), img)
+		if imgResultErr == nil {
+			break
+		}
 	}
-	imageName := status.Name
-	imageRef := status.ID
-	if len(status.RepoDigests) > 0 {
-		imageRef = status.RepoDigests[0]
+	if imgResultErr != nil {
+		return nil, imgResultErr
+	}
+
+	imageName := imgResult.Name
+	imageRef := imgResult.ID
+	if len(imgResult.RepoDigests) > 0 {
+		imageRef = imgResult.RepoDigests[0]
 	}
 
 	specgen.AddAnnotation(annotations.Image, image)
@@ -1163,7 +1173,7 @@ func (s *Server) createSandboxContainer(ctx context.Context, containerID string,
 	attempt := metadata.Attempt
 	containerInfo, err := s.StorageRuntimeServer().CreateContainer(s.ImageContext(),
 		sb.Name(), sb.ID(),
-		image, status.ID,
+		image, imgResult.ID,
 		containerName, containerID,
 		metaname,
 		attempt,