diff --git a/cmd/podman/pods/rm.go b/cmd/podman/pods/rm.go
index 69eeae21fd..9251ff9ebe 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pods/rm.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pods/rm.go
@@ -113,7 +113,10 @@ func removePods(namesOrIDs []string, rmOptions entities.PodRmOptions, printIDs b
 			return nil
 		}
 		setExitCode(err)
-		return append(errs, err)
+		errs = append(errs, err)
+		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), define.ErrRemovingCtrs.Error()) {
+			return errs
+		}
 	}
 
 	// in the cli, first we print out all the successful attempts
diff --git a/libpod/define/errors.go b/libpod/define/errors.go
index be471c27e3..9849660042 100644
--- a/libpod/define/errors.go
+++ b/libpod/define/errors.go
@@ -211,4 +211,8 @@ var (
 	// ErrConmonVersionFormat is used when the expected version format of conmon
 	// has changed.
 	ErrConmonVersionFormat = "conmon version changed format"
+
+	// ErrRemovingCtrs indicates that there was an error removing all
+	// containers from a pod.
+	ErrRemovingCtrs = errors.New("removing pod containers")
 )
diff --git a/libpod/runtime_pod_common.go b/libpod/runtime_pod_common.go
index 22375c4616..56c8a6153f 100644
--- a/libpod/runtime_pod_common.go
+++ b/libpod/runtime_pod_common.go
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) removePod(ctx context.Context, p *Pod, removeCtrs, force bool,
 		}
 
 		if len(ctrErrors) > 0 {
-			return removedCtrs, fmt.Errorf("not all containers could be removed from pod %s: %w", p.ID(), define.ErrCtrExists)
+			return removedCtrs, fmt.Errorf("not all containers could be removed from pod %s: %w", p.ID(), define.ErrRemovingCtrs)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
index 6ce2eea2ca..65143ca641 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func MakeContainer(ctx context.Context, rt *libpod.Runtime, s *specgen.SpecGener
 	compatibleOptions := &libpod.InfraInherit{}
 	var infraSpec *specs.Spec
 	if infra != nil {
-		options, infraSpec, compatibleOptions, err = Inherit(*infra, s, rt)
+		options, infraSpec, compatibleOptions, err = Inherit(infra, s, rt)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, nil, err
 		}
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ func createContainerOptions(rt *libpod.Runtime, s *specgen.SpecGenerator, pod *l
 	return options, nil
 }
 
-func Inherit(infra libpod.Container, s *specgen.SpecGenerator, rt *libpod.Runtime) (opts []libpod.CtrCreateOption, infraS *specs.Spec, compat *libpod.InfraInherit, err error) {
+func Inherit(infra *libpod.Container, s *specgen.SpecGenerator, rt *libpod.Runtime) (opts []libpod.CtrCreateOption, infraS *specs.Spec, compat *libpod.InfraInherit, err error) {
 	inheritSpec := &specgen.SpecGenerator{}
 	_, compatibleOptions, err := ConfigToSpec(rt, inheritSpec, infra.ID())
 	if err != nil {