diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/container.go b/components/engine/daemon/container.go
index 1efe511c85..7062d6796b 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/container.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/container.go
@@ -1104,10 +1104,10 @@ func (container *Container) waitForStart() error {
 				c.Close()
 			}
 		}
-		if err := container.toDisk(); err != nil {
+		container.State.SetRunning(command.Pid())
+		if err := container.ToDisk(); err != nil {
 			utils.Debugf("%s", err)
 		}
-		container.State.SetRunning(command.Pid())
 	}
 
 	// We use a callback here instead of a goroutine and an chan for