diff --git a/pkg/controller.v1/common/job.go b/pkg/controller.v1/common/job.go
index 6684b082..2bee5da3 100644
--- a/pkg/controller.v1/common/job.go
+++ b/pkg/controller.v1/common/job.go
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ func (jc *JobController) DeletePodsAndServices(runPolicy *apiv1.RunPolicy, job i
 	}
 
 	for _, pod := range pods {
-		if *runPolicy.CleanPodPolicy == apiv1.CleanPodPolicyRunning && pod.Status.Phase != v1.PodRunning {
+		// Note that pending pod will turn into running once schedulable,
+		// not cleaning it may leave orphan running pod in the future,
+		// we should treat it equivalent to running phase here.
+		if *runPolicy.CleanPodPolicy == apiv1.CleanPodPolicyRunning && pod.Status.Phase != v1.PodRunning && pod.Status.Phase != v1.PodPending {
 			continue
 		}
 		if err := jc.PodControl.DeletePod(pod.Namespace, pod.Name, job.(runtime.Object)); err != nil {