diff --git a/src/plugins/job_container/cncu/job_container_cncu.c b/src/plugins/job_container/cncu/job_container_cncu.c
index eebd252f5fd5e4ce5147ef56ebb383a16afc9ca9..cd57658dc1b392532f4bd97db4364adc2c626253 100644
--- a/src/plugins/job_container/cncu/job_container_cncu.c
+++ b/src/plugins/job_container/cncu/job_container_cncu.c
@@ -356,6 +356,9 @@ extern int container_p_add_pid(uint32_t job_id, pid_t pid, uid_t uid)
 		error("%s: slurm_container_create job(%u)", plugin_type,job_id);
 		return SLURM_ERROR;
 	}
+
+	slurm_container_add(&job, pid);
+
 	return container_p_add_cont(job_id, job.cont_id);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/job_container/none/job_container_none.c b/src/plugins/job_container/none/job_container_none.c
index 1a438febf6cea3ea4c38168c813c18c0accdd58d..7362582ae57b42e5f42cc19be93abd4ffcb84ea4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/job_container/none/job_container_none.c
+++ b/src/plugins/job_container/none/job_container_none.c
@@ -317,6 +317,9 @@ extern int container_p_add_pid(uint32_t job_id, pid_t pid, uid_t uid)
 			      plugin_type, job_id);
 			return SLURM_ERROR;
 		}
+
+		slurm_container_add(&job, pid);
+
 		return container_p_add_cont(job_id, job.cont_id);
 	}