diff --git a/pkg/utils/qos.go b/pkg/utils/qos.go
index c0aed053a..c7989a98b 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/qos.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/qos.go
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ func isSupportedQoSComputeResource(name v1.ResourceName) bool {
 // A pod is guaranteed only when requests and limits are specified for all the containers and they are equal.
 // A pod is burstable if limits and requests do not match across all containers.
 func GetPodQOS(pod *v1.Pod) v1.PodQOSClass {
+	if len(pod.Status.QOSClass) != 0 {
+		return pod.Status.QOSClass
+	}
+
 	requests := v1.ResourceList{}
 	limits := v1.ResourceList{}
 	zeroQuantity := resource.MustParse("0")