diff --git a/cmd/vGPUmonitor/metrics.go b/cmd/vGPUmonitor/metrics.go
index d13e628850..1877116c75 100644
--- a/cmd/vGPUmonitor/metrics.go
+++ b/cmd/vGPUmonitor/metrics.go
@@ -499,8 +499,8 @@ func (cc ClusterManagerCollector) collectContainerMetrics(ch chan<- prometheus.M
 	for i := range c.Info.DeviceNum() {
 		uuid := c.Info.DeviceUUID(i)
 		if len(uuid) < 40 {
-			klog.Errorf("Invalid UUID length for device %d in Pod %s/%s, Container %s", i, pod.Namespace, pod.Name, ctr.Name)
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid UUID length for device %d", i)
+			klog.Warningf("Device %d in Pod %s/%s, Container %s has invalid UUID length %d (shared memory not yet initialised); skipping until next scrape", i, pod.Namespace, pod.Name, ctr.Name, len(uuid))
+			continue
 		}
 		uuid = uuid[0:40] // Ensure UUID is truncated to 40 characters
 		if !utf8.ValidString(uuid) {