diff --git a/daemon/start.go b/daemon/start.go
index 4862969471..483f61b506 100644
--- a/daemon/start.go
+++ b/daemon/start.go
@@ -107,10 +107,6 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) containerStart(container *container.Container) (err error)
 			}
 			container.ToDisk()
 			daemon.Cleanup(container)
-			attributes := map[string]string{
-				"exitCode": fmt.Sprintf("%d", container.ExitCode),
-			}
-			daemon.LogContainerEventWithAttributes(container, "die", attributes)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -149,8 +145,6 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) containerStart(container *container.Container) (err error)
 
 		container.Reset(false)
 
-		// start event is logged even on error
-		daemon.LogContainerEvent(container, "start")
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_events_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_events_test.go
index 5562d1d328..8a287141d6 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_events_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_events_test.go
@@ -93,8 +93,16 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestEventsContainerFailStartDie(c *check.C) {
 			dieEvent = true
 		}
 	}
-	c.Assert(startEvent, checker.True, check.Commentf("Start event not found: %v\n%v", actions, events))
-	c.Assert(dieEvent, checker.True, check.Commentf("Die event not found: %v\n%v", actions, events))
+
+	// Windows platform is different from Linux, it will start container whatever
+	// so Windows can get start/die event but Linux can't
+	if daemonPlatform == "windows" {
+		c.Assert(startEvent, checker.True, check.Commentf("Start event not found: %v\n%v", actions, events))
+		c.Assert(dieEvent, checker.True, check.Commentf("Die event not found: %v\n%v", actions, events))
+	} else {
+		c.Assert(startEvent, checker.False, check.Commentf("Start event not expected: %v\n%v", actions, events))
+		c.Assert(dieEvent, checker.False, check.Commentf("Die event not expected: %v\n%v", actions, events))
+	}
 }
 
 func (s *DockerSuite) TestEventsLimit(c *check.C) {