diff --git a/run_sdk_container b/run_sdk_container
index 61b27662ab..094f73f0ba 100755
--- a/run_sdk_container
+++ b/run_sdk_container
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ if [ -z "$name" ] ; then
     name="flatcar-sdk-${arch}-${docker_sdk_vernum}_os-${docker_os_vernum}"
 fi
 
-stat="$(docker ps --all --no-trunc --filter name="$name" --format '{{.Status}}'\
+stat="$(docker ps --all --no-trunc --filter name="^/$name\$" --format '{{.Status}}'\
         | cut -f1 -d' ')"
 
 # pass SDK related environment variables and gcloud auth