diff --git a/src/services/execution/execute/execution_extend.c b/src/services/execution/execute/execution_extend.c
index 8d1f44c3336153d4e300bd437253e89263f84d68..b2b3bb2a069097d94e87899afebaa0b74a7b8946 100644
--- a/src/services/execution/execute/execution_extend.c
+++ b/src/services/execution/execute/execution_extend.c
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ pack_response:
     return (cc == ISULAD_SUCCESS) ? 0 : -1;
 }
 
-static int resume_container(container_t *cont)
+static int do_resume_container(container_t *cont)
 {
     int ret = 0;
     const char *id = cont->common_config->id;
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ static int container_resume_cb(const container_resume_request *request, containe
         goto pack_response;
     }
 
-    ret = resume_container(cont);
+    ret = do_resume_container(cont);
     if (ret != 0) {
         cc = ISULAD_ERR_EXEC;
         container_state_set_error(cont->state, (const char *)g_isulad_errmsg);
diff --git a/src/services/execution/manager/containers_gc.c b/src/services/execution/manager/containers_gc.c
index 98dc38ee01d914d5b264a3a5a6f280a169c03310..b0567e6920ae67b1ad8c7b96f798df182f77bc64 100644
--- a/src/services/execution/manager/containers_gc.c
+++ b/src/services/execution/manager/containers_gc.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "execution.h"
 #include "containers_store.h"
+#include "runtime.h"
 
 static containers_gc_t g_gc_containers;
 
@@ -385,6 +386,57 @@ static void add_to_list_tail_to_retry_gc(struct linked_list *it)
     gc_containers_unlock();
 }
 
+static int do_runtime_resume_container(const container_t *cont)
+{
+    int ret = 0;
+    rt_resume_params_t params = { 0 };
+    const char *id = cont->common_config->id;
+
+    params.rootpath = cont->root_path;
+
+    if (runtime_resume(id, cont->runtime, &params)) {
+        ERROR("Failed to resume container:%s", id);
+        ret = -1;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    state_reset_paused(cont->state);
+
+    if (container_to_disk(cont)) {
+        ERROR("Failed to save container \"%s\" to disk", id);
+        ret = -1;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+out:
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static void try_to_resume_container(const char *id, const char *runtime)
+{
+    int ret = 0;
+    container_t *cont = NULL;
+
+    if (id == NULL || runtime == NULL) {
+        ERROR("Invalid input arguments");
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    cont = containers_store_get(id);
+    if (cont == NULL) {
+        WARN("No such container:%s", id);
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    ret = do_runtime_resume_container(cont);
+    if (ret != 0) {
+        ERROR("try to runtime resume failed");
+        goto out;
+    }
+out:
+    container_unref(cont);
+}
+
 static void gc_container_process(struct linked_list *it)
 {
     int ret = 0;
@@ -424,6 +476,7 @@ static void gc_container_process(struct linked_list *it)
         free_container_garbage_config_gc_containers_element(gc_cont);
         free(it);
     } else {
+        try_to_resume_container(id, runtime);
         ret = kill(pid, SIGKILL);
         if (ret < 0 && errno != ESRCH) {
             ERROR("Can not kill process (pid=%d) with SIGKILL for container %s", pid, id);
diff --git a/src/services/execution/manager/restore.c b/src/services/execution/manager/restore.c
index 7df0042028b942944e24ff3d2f0ccbaee97bcdc6..6f6287cfdf08008e873c446b4a9b3682d4bbf511 100644
--- a/src/services/execution/manager/restore.c
+++ b/src/services/execution/manager/restore.c
@@ -205,10 +205,14 @@ static void try_to_set_container_running(Container_Status status, container_t *c
 static int restore_stopped_container(Container_Status status, const container_t *cont, bool *need_save)
 {
     const char *id = cont->common_config->id;
+    pid_t pid = 0;
 
     if (status != CONTAINER_STATUS_STOPPED && \
         status != CONTAINER_STATUS_CREATED) {
-        int nret = post_stopped_container_to_gc(id, cont->runtime, cont->state_path, 0);
+        if (util_process_alive(cont->state->state->pid, cont->state->state->start_time)) {
+            pid = cont->state->state->pid;
+        }
+        int nret = post_stopped_container_to_gc(id, cont->runtime, cont->state_path, pid);
         if (nret != 0) {
             ERROR("Failed to post container %s to garbage"
                   "collector, that may lost some resources"