diff --git a/0012-only-set-user-or-image-set-non-empty-HOME.patch b/0012-only-set-user-or-image-set-non-empty-HOME.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9fa3def2ce8b358fe329987bfb86289c2445caed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0012-only-set-user-or-image-set-non-empty-HOME.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+From 9752afbac49f7f67a68a247aa1bc17baa5fdb761 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: haozi007 <liuhao27@huawei.com>
+Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 17:30:59 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] only set user or image set non-empty HOME
+
+Signed-off-by: haozi007 <liuhao27@huawei.com>
+---
+ src/lxc/isulad_utils.c | 14 +++++++++++---
+ src/lxc/utils.c        |  2 --
+ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/lxc/isulad_utils.c b/src/lxc/isulad_utils.c
+index cd7fca8..067e1c9 100644
+--- a/src/lxc/isulad_utils.c
++++ b/src/lxc/isulad_utils.c
+@@ -257,6 +257,13 @@ int lxc_setup_env_home(uid_t uid)
+ 	FILE *stream = NULL;
+ 	struct passwd pw, *pwbufp = NULL;
+ 	char buf[BUFSIZ];
++	const char *curr_home = NULL;
++
++	curr_home = getenv("HOME");
++	// if user set or image set, just use it.
++	if (curr_home != NULL && strcmp(curr_home, "") != 0) {
++		return 0;
++	}
+ 
+ 	stream = fopen_cloexec(__PASSWD_FILE__, "r");
+ 	if (stream == NULL) {
+@@ -280,8 +287,9 @@ set_env:
+ 	if (stream)
+ 		fclose(stream);
+ 
+-	// if we didn't configure HOME, set it based on uid
+-	if (setenv("HOME", homedir, 0) < 0) {
++	// if we didn't configure HOME, set it based on uid;
++	// override it if reach here.
++	if (setenv("HOME", homedir, 1) < 0) {
+ 		SYSERROR("Unable to set env 'HOME'");
+ 		return -1;
+ 	}
+@@ -518,4 +526,4 @@ int util_getpwent_r(FILE *stream, struct passwd *resbuf, char *buffer, size_t bu
+ out:
+     funlockfile(stream);
+     return ret;
+-}
+\ No newline at end of file
++}
+diff --git a/src/lxc/utils.c b/src/lxc/utils.c
+index ab351d8..1adeefa 100644
+--- a/src/lxc/utils.c
++++ b/src/lxc/utils.c
+@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <sys/mman.h>
+ #include <sys/mount.h>
+-/* Needs to be after sys/mount.h header */
+-#include <linux/fs.h>
+ #include <sys/param.h>
+ #include <sys/prctl.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+-- 
+2.25.1
+
diff --git a/apply-patches b/apply-patches
index 8ba065e1c62b651b4be4c3cbaf6315e3dc41c498..26b3d045520a9340f7f7dc36814656db8112b940 100755
--- a/apply-patches
+++ b/apply-patches
@@ -33,4 +33,8 @@ do
     patch -p1 -F1 -s < $cwd/$line
 done
 
+git init .
+git add .
+git commit -m "init repo"
+
 cd $cwd
diff --git a/lxc.spec b/lxc.spec
index 311d3482efe1bf04e1849cb644a439ff29f4f08e..52b691dbaf5b64bbbd20d70049c429644a013b42 100644
--- a/lxc.spec
+++ b/lxc.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%global _release 2022072601
+%global _release 2022080901
 
 Name:           lxc
 Version:        4.0.3
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Patch0008:	0008-refactor-patch-code-of-json.patch
 Patch0009:	0009-fix-HOME-env-of-container-unset-error.patch
 Patch0010:	0010-check-yajl-only-when-have-isulad.patch
 Patch0011:	0011-drop-security_context_t.patch
+Patch0012:	0012-only-set-user-or-image-set-non-empty-HOME.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  systemd-units git libtool graphviz docbook2X doxygen chrpath
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libseccomp)
@@ -190,6 +191,12 @@ make check
 %{_mandir}/*/man7/%{name}*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 9 2022 haozi007<liuhao27@huawei.com> - 4.0.3-2022080901
+- Type:bugfix
+- ID:NA
+- SUG:NA
+- DESC: only set user or image set non empty HOME
+
 * Tue Jul 26 2022 zhangxiaoyu<zhangxiaoyu58@huawei.com> - 4.0.3-2022072601
 - Type:bugfix
 - ID:NA
diff --git a/series.conf b/series.conf
index aec8fff14b768997296f7b6e0c62cab6232591a3..4c1cbc3c2d5480e1aba90880cdaba6bcef2183ea 100644
--- a/series.conf
+++ b/series.conf
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 0009-fix-HOME-env-of-container-unset-error.patch
 0010-check-yajl-only-when-have-isulad.patch
 0011-drop-security_context_t.patch
+0012-only-set-user-or-image-set-non-empty-HOME.patch