3 files changed, 19 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/container.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/container.go
index 9bb7caace..8cfac924b 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/container.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/container.go
@@ -494,10 +494,10 @@ func FinishThrottleDevices(s *specgen.SpecGenerator) error {
 	if s.ResourceLimits == nil {
 		s.ResourceLimits = &spec.LinuxResources{}
 	}
-	if s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO == nil {
-		s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO = &spec.LinuxBlockIO{}
-	}
 	if bps := s.ThrottleReadBpsDevice; len(bps) > 0 {
+		if s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO == nil {
+			s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO = &spec.LinuxBlockIO{}
+		}
 		for k, v := range bps {
 			statT := unix.Stat_t{}
 			if err := unix.Stat(k, &statT); err != nil {
@@ -512,6 +512,9 @@ func FinishThrottleDevices(s *specgen.SpecGenerator) error {
 		}
 	}
 	if bps := s.ThrottleWriteBpsDevice; len(bps) > 0 {
+		if s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO == nil {
+			s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO = &spec.LinuxBlockIO{}
+		}
 		for k, v := range bps {
 			statT := unix.Stat_t{}
 			if err := unix.Stat(k, &statT); err != nil {
@@ -523,6 +526,9 @@ func FinishThrottleDevices(s *specgen.SpecGenerator) error {
 		}
 	}
 	if iops := s.ThrottleReadIOPSDevice; len(iops) > 0 {
+		if s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO == nil {
+			s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO = &spec.LinuxBlockIO{}
+		}
 		for k, v := range iops {
 			statT := unix.Stat_t{}
 			if err := unix.Stat(k, &statT); err != nil {
@@ -534,6 +540,9 @@ func FinishThrottleDevices(s *specgen.SpecGenerator) error {
 		}
 	}
 	if iops := s.ThrottleWriteIOPSDevice; len(iops) > 0 {
+		if s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO == nil {
+			s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO = &spec.LinuxBlockIO{}
+		}
 		for k, v := range iops {
 			statT := unix.Stat_t{}
 			if err := unix.Stat(k, &statT); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
index 389900820..8334d386f 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ func MakeContainer(ctx context.Context, rt *libpod.Runtime, s *specgen.SpecGener
 		}
 	}
 
+	if err := FinishThrottleDevices(s); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, nil, err
+	}
+
 	// Set defaults for unset namespaces
 	if s.PidNS.IsDefault() {
 		defaultNS, err := GetDefaultNamespaceMode("pid", rtc, pod)
diff --git a/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go b/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go
index 4ab019b5b..7392e7b44 100644
--- a/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go
+++ b/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ func getIOLimits(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions) (
 	if s.ResourceLimits == nil {
 		s.ResourceLimits = &specs.LinuxResources{}
 	}
-	if s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO == nil {
-		s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO = &specs.LinuxBlockIO{}
-	}
 	hasLimits := false
 	if b := c.BlkIOWeight; len(b) > 0 {
+		if s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO == nil {
+			s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO = &specs.LinuxBlockIO{}
+		}
 		u, err := strconv.ParseUint(b, 10, 16)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid value for blkio-weight: %w", err)
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ func getIOLimits(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions) (
 		if s.ThrottleReadBpsDevice, err = parseThrottleBPSDevices(bps); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-
 		hasLimits = true
 	}
 
@@ -131,8 +130,6 @@ func getIOLimits(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions) (
 	if !hasLimits {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
-	io = s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO
-
 	return io, nil
 }