diff --git a/controllers/githubactionrunner_controller.go b/controllers/githubactionrunner_controller.go
index 3594f6c1..7e5a170f 100644
--- a/controllers/githubactionrunner_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/githubactionrunner_controller.go
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ func (r *GithubActionRunnerReconciler) unregisterRunner(ctx context.Context, cr
 
 // handleFinalization will remove runner from github based on presence of finalizer
 func (r *GithubActionRunnerReconciler) handleFinalization(ctx context.Context, cr *garov1alpha1.GithubActionRunner, list podRunnerPairList) error {
-	for _, item := range list.getPodsBeingDeleted() {
+	for _, item := range list.getPodsBeingDeletedOrEvicted() {
 		// TODO - cause of failure should be checked more closely, if it does not exist we can ignore it. If it is a comms error we should stick around
 		if err := r.unregisterRunner(ctx, cr, item); err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/controllers/podrunner_types.go b/controllers/podrunner_types.go
index a4e2067f..3796b548 100644
--- a/controllers/podrunner_types.go
+++ b/controllers/podrunner_types.go
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ func (r podRunnerPairList) getIdles(sortOrder v1alpha1.SortOrder, minTTL time.Du
 	return idles
 }
 
-func (r podRunnerPairList) getPodsBeingDeleted() []podRunnerPair {
+func (r podRunnerPairList) getPodsBeingDeletedOrEvicted() []podRunnerPair {
 	return funk.Filter(r.pairs, func(pair podRunnerPair) bool {
-		return util.IsBeingDeleted(&pair.pod)
+		return util.IsBeingDeleted(&pair.pod) || isEvicted(&pair.pod)
 	}).([]podRunnerPair)
 }
diff --git a/controllers/podutil.go b/controllers/podutil.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3dffc375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/podutil.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package controllers
+
+import (
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func isEvicted(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
+	return strings.Contains(pod.Status.Reason, "Evicted")
+}