diff --git a/containerd-shim-v2/wait.go b/containerd-shim-v2/wait.go
index 3d38d5976c..62ed49925c 100644
--- a/containerd-shim-v2/wait.go
+++ b/containerd-shim-v2/wait.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/api/events"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/task"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/mount"
+	vc "github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
@@ -147,9 +148,10 @@ func watchOOMEvents(ctx context.Context, s *service) {
 				logrus.WithField("sandbox", s.sandbox.ID()).WithError(err).Warn("failed to get OOM event from sandbox")
 				// If the GetOOMEvent call is not implemented, then the agent is most likely an older version,
 				// stop attempting to get OOM events.
-				if isGRPCErrorCode(codes.Unimplemented, err) {
+				if isGRPCErrorCode(codes.NotFound, err) || err.Error() == "Dead agent" {
 					return
 				}
+				time.Sleep(vc.DefaultMonitorCheckInterval)
 				continue
 			}
 
diff --git a/virtcontainers/monitor.go b/virtcontainers/monitor.go
index 5b8f5f517b..9aabb258aa 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/monitor.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/monitor.go
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	defaultCheckInterval = 1 * time.Second
-	watcherChannelSize   = 128
+	DefaultMonitorCheckInterval = 1 * time.Second
+	watcherChannelSize          = 128
 )
 
 type monitor struct {
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type monitor struct {
 func newMonitor(s *Sandbox) *monitor {
 	return &monitor{
 		sandbox:       s,
-		checkInterval: defaultCheckInterval,
+		checkInterval: DefaultMonitorCheckInterval,
 		stopCh:        make(chan bool, 1),
 	}
 }