diff --git a/pkg/pod/status.go b/pkg/pod/status.go
index ed4f5e480a9..92c57d0e251 100644
--- a/pkg/pod/status.go
+++ b/pkg/pod/status.go
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ const (
 	// to resource constraints on the node
 	ReasonExceededNodeResources = "ExceededNodeResources"
 
+	// ReasonCreateContainerConfigError indicates that the TaskRun failed to create a pod due to
+	// config error of container
+	ReasonCreateContainerConfigError = "CreateContainerConfigError"
+
 	// ReasonSucceeded indicates that the reason for the finished status is that all of the steps
 	// completed successfully
 	ReasonSucceeded = "Succeeded"
@@ -207,10 +211,14 @@ func updateIncompleteTaskRun(trs *v1alpha1.TaskRunStatus, pod *corev1.Pod) {
 		})
 	case corev1.PodPending:
 		var reason, msg string
-		if IsPodExceedingNodeResources(pod) {
+		switch {
+		case IsPodExceedingNodeResources(pod):
 			reason = ReasonExceededNodeResources
 			msg = "TaskRun Pod exceeded available resources"
-		} else {
+		case IsPodHitConfigError(pod):
+			reason = ReasonCreateContainerConfigError
+			msg = getWaitingMessage(pod)
+		default:
 			reason = "Pending"
 			msg = getWaitingMessage(pod)
 		}
@@ -287,6 +295,16 @@ func IsPodExceedingNodeResources(pod *corev1.Pod) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// IsPodHitConfigError returns true if the Pod's status undicates there are config error raised
+func IsPodHitConfigError(pod *corev1.Pod) bool {
+	for _, containerStatus := range pod.Status.ContainerStatuses {
+		if containerStatus.State.Waiting != nil && containerStatus.State.Waiting.Reason == "CreateContainerConfigError" {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func getWaitingMessage(pod *corev1.Pod) string {
 	// First, try to surface reason for pending/unknown about the actual build step.
 	for _, status := range pod.Status.ContainerStatuses {
diff --git a/pkg/pod/status_test.go b/pkg/pod/status_test.go
index 3b462983f82..88d7c43e90e 100644
--- a/pkg/pod/status_test.go
+++ b/pkg/pod/status_test.go
@@ -434,6 +434,32 @@ func TestMakeTaskRunStatus(t *testing.T) {
 				Sidecars: []v1alpha1.SidecarState{},
 			},
 		},
+	}, {
+		desc: "pending-CreateContainerConfigError",
+		podStatus: corev1.PodStatus{
+			Phase: corev1.PodPending,
+			ContainerStatuses: []corev1.ContainerStatus{{
+				State: corev1.ContainerState{
+					Waiting: &corev1.ContainerStateWaiting{
+						Reason: "CreateContainerConfigError",
+					},
+				},
+			}},
+		},
+		want: v1alpha1.TaskRunStatus{
+			Status: duckv1beta1.Status{
+				Conditions: []apis.Condition{{
+					Type:    apis.ConditionSucceeded,
+					Status:  corev1.ConditionUnknown,
+					Reason:  ReasonCreateContainerConfigError,
+					Message: "Pending",
+				}},
+			},
+			TaskRunStatusFields: v1alpha1.TaskRunStatusFields{
+				Steps:    []v1alpha1.StepState{},
+				Sidecars: []v1alpha1.SidecarState{},
+			},
+		},
 	}, {
 		desc: "with-sidecar-running",
 		podStatus: corev1.PodStatus{