diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/manager.go
index 886315dd7e8..6c82fbe53d9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/manager.go
@@ -188,11 +188,6 @@ func (m *ManagerImpl) removeContents(dir string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-const (
-	// kubeletDeviceManagerCheckpoint is the file name of device plugin checkpoint
-	kubeletDeviceManagerCheckpoint = "kubelet_internal_checkpoint"
-)
-
 // checkpointFile returns device plugin checkpoint file path.
 func (m *ManagerImpl) checkpointFile() string {
 	return filepath.Join(m.socketdir, kubeletDeviceManagerCheckpoint)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/types.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/types.go
index e1d07ef5fa2..ab9fdbf12ec 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/types.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/types.go
@@ -106,3 +106,6 @@ const (
 // cache during this grace period to cover the time gap for the capacity change to
 // take effect.
 const endpointStopGracePeriod = time.Duration(5) * time.Minute
+
+// kubeletDeviceManagerCheckpoint is the file name of device plugin checkpoint
+const kubeletDeviceManagerCheckpoint = "kubelet_internal_checkpoint"