diff --git a/ansible/roles/k3s-install/files/clean_orphaned_pods_dir.sh b/ansible/roles/k3s-install/files/clean_orphaned_pods_dir.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39e542c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/k3s-install/files/clean_orphaned_pods_dir.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+KUBELET_HOME=/var/lib
+for ((i=1; i<=5; i++));
+do
+	for podid in $(grep "orphaned pod" /var/log/messages | tail -1 | awk '{print $23}' | sed 's/\\\"//g');
+	do
+		echo $podid
+		if [ ! -d ${KUBELET_HOME}/kubelet/pods/$podid ]; then
+			break
+		fi
+
+		rm -rf ${KUBELET_HOME}/kubelet/pods/$podid/
+		#echo ${KUBELET_HOME}/kubelet/pods/$podid/
+	done
+	sleep 2
+done
diff --git a/ansible/roles/k3s-install/files/crontab_clean_orphaned_pods_dir b/ansible/roles/k3s-install/files/crontab_clean_orphaned_pods_dir
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c28b0d16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/k3s-install/files/crontab_clean_orphaned_pods_dir
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0 * * * * /opt/tsg/k3s/scripts/clean_orphaned_pods_dir.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ansible/roles/k3s-install/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/k3s-install/tasks/main.yml
index 0579de81..403b3160 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/k3s-install/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/k3s-install/tasks/main.yml
@@ -54,3 +54,14 @@
   copy:
     src: "{{ role_path }}/files/config.yaml"
     dest: /etc/rancher/k3s/
+
+- name: "copy  clean_orphaned_pods_dir to dest"
+  copy:
+    src: "{{ role_path }}/files/clean_orphaned_pods_dir.sh"
+    dest: /opt/tsg/k3s/scripts/
+    mode: 0755
+
+- name: "copy crontab file to dest"
+  copy:
+    src: "{{ role_path }}/files/crontab_clean_orphaned_pods_dir"
+    dest: /var/spool/cron/root