diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container.go
index 4851cb291b6..b57148c0213 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container.go
@@ -413,10 +413,9 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) updateContainerResources(pod *v1.Pod, contai
 }
 
 func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) updatePodSandboxResources(sandboxID string, pod *v1.Pod) error {
-	podResourcesRequest := &runtimeapi.UpdatePodSandboxResourcesRequest{
-		PodSandboxId: sandboxID,
-		Overhead:     m.convertOverheadToLinuxResources(pod),
-		Resources:    m.calculateSandboxResources(pod),
+	podResourcesRequest := m.generateUpdatePodSandboxResourcesRequest(sandboxID, pod)
+	if podResourcesRequest == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("sandboxID %q updatePodSandboxResources failed: cannot generate resources config", sandboxID)
 	}
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_linux.go
index 662bb8f98f3..72fc62a2727 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_linux.go
@@ -248,6 +248,15 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) generateContainerResources(pod *v1.Pod, cont
 	}
 }
 
+// generateUpdatePodSandboxResourcesRequest generates platform specific (linux) podsandox resources config for runtime
+func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) generateUpdatePodSandboxResourcesRequest(sandboxID string, pod *v1.Pod) *runtimeapi.UpdatePodSandboxResourcesRequest {
+	return &runtimeapi.UpdatePodSandboxResourcesRequest{
+		PodSandboxId: sandboxID,
+		Overhead:     m.convertOverheadToLinuxResources(pod),
+		Resources:    m.calculateSandboxResources(pod),
+	}
+}
+
 // calculateLinuxResources will create the linuxContainerResources type based on the provided CPU and memory resource requests, limits
 func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) calculateLinuxResources(cpuRequest, cpuLimit, memoryLimit *resource.Quantity, disableCPUQuota bool) *runtimeapi.LinuxContainerResources {
 	resources := runtimeapi.LinuxContainerResources{}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_unsupported.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_unsupported.go
index 55465475847..81a334b933a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_unsupported.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_unsupported.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package kuberuntime
 
 import (
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	runtimeapi "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1"
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 )
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) generateContainerResources(pod *v1.Pod, cont
 	return nil
 }
 
+// generateUpdatePodSandboxResourcesRequest generates platform specific podsandox resources config for runtime
+func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) generateUpdatePodSandboxResourcesRequest(sandboxID string, pod *v1.Pod) *runtimeapi.UpdatePodSandboxResourcesRequest {
+	return nil
+}
+
 func toKubeContainerResources(statusResources *runtimeapi.ContainerResources) *kubecontainer.ContainerResources {
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_windows.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_windows.go
index eb64c27db18..9da32365df8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_windows.go
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) generateContainerResources(pod *v1.Pod, cont
 	}
 }
 
+// generateUpdatePodSandboxResourcesRequest generates platform specific podsandox resources config for runtime
+func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) generateUpdatePodSandboxResourcesRequest(sandboxID string, pod *v1.Pod) *runtimeapi.UpdatePodSandboxResourcesRequest {
+	return &runtimeapi.UpdatePodSandboxResourcesRequest{
+		PodSandboxId: sandboxID,
+	}
+}
+
 // generateWindowsContainerResources generates windows container resources config for runtime
 func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) generateWindowsContainerResources(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container) *runtimeapi.WindowsContainerResources {
 	wcr := m.calculateWindowsResources(container.Resources.Limits.Cpu(), container.Resources.Limits.Memory())