diff --git a/odiglet/pkg/ebpf/director.go b/odiglet/pkg/ebpf/director.go
index 8e998ed14..57b41a163 100644
--- a/odiglet/pkg/ebpf/director.go
+++ b/odiglet/pkg/ebpf/director.go
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ func (d *EbpfDirector[T]) Cleanup(pod types.NamespacedName) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	log.Logger.V(0).Info("Cleaning up ebpf go instrumentation for pod", "pod", pod)
+	log.Logger.V(0).Info("Cleaning up ebpf instrumentation for pod", "pod", pod, "language", d.language)
 	delete(d.podsToDetails, pod)
 
 	// clear the pod from the workloadToPods map
diff --git a/odiglet/pkg/kube/instrumentation_ebpf/manager.go b/odiglet/pkg/kube/instrumentation_ebpf/manager.go
index d090eb722..9dfcac882 100644
--- a/odiglet/pkg/kube/instrumentation_ebpf/manager.go
+++ b/odiglet/pkg/kube/instrumentation_ebpf/manager.go
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ func (i *podPredicate) Update(e event.UpdateEvent) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 
-	return false
+	// Sum the restart counts for both oldPod and newPod containers, then compare them.
+	// If the newPod has a higher restart count than the oldPod, we need to re-instrument it.
+	// This happens because the pod was abruptly killed, which caused an increment in the restart count.
+	// This check is required because the pod will remain running during the process kill and re-launch.
+	return GetPodSumRestarts(newPod) > GetPodSumRestarts(oldPod)
 }
 
 func (i *podPredicate) Delete(e event.DeleteEvent) bool {
diff --git a/odiglet/pkg/kube/instrumentation_ebpf/pods.go b/odiglet/pkg/kube/instrumentation_ebpf/pods.go
index 2102e3e4c..b2263c8b3 100644
--- a/odiglet/pkg/kube/instrumentation_ebpf/pods.go
+++ b/odiglet/pkg/kube/instrumentation_ebpf/pods.go
@@ -123,3 +123,11 @@ func (p *PodsReconciler) getPodWorkloadObject(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.P
 	// Pod does not necessarily have to be managed by a controller
 	return nil, nil
 }
+
+func GetPodSumRestarts(pod *corev1.Pod) int {
+	restartCount := 0
+	for _, containerStatus := range pod.Status.ContainerStatuses {
+		restartCount += int(containerStatus.RestartCount)
+	}
+	return restartCount
+}