diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/entrypoint.sh b/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/entrypoint.sh
index 3d67b0a702dd4..d0cf284f035ea 100755
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/entrypoint.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ set -ex
 # Check whether there is a passwd entry for the container UID
 myuid=$(id -u)
 mygid=$(id -g)
+# turn off -e for getent because it will return error code in anonymous uid case
+set +e
 uidentry=$(getent passwd $myuid)
+set -e
 
 # If there is no passwd entry for the container UID, attempt to create one
 if [ -z "$uidentry" ] ; then