diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_v1.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_v1.go
index 8482f51a19d..325a7f727ec 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_v1.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_v1.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (p *v1PodResourcesServer) List(ctx context.Context, req *v1.ListPodResource
 			pRes.Containers[j] = &v1.ContainerResources{
 				Name:    container.Name,
 				Devices: p.devicesProvider.GetDevices(string(pod.UID), container.Name),
-				CpuIds:  p.cpusProvider.GetCPUs(string(pod.UID), container.Name),
+				CpuIds:  p.cpusProvider.GetCPUs(string(pod.UID), container.Name).ToSliceNoSortInt64(),
 			}
 		}
 		podResources[i] = &pRes
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_v1_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_v1_test.go
index c25912ee3ba..ed6033c3d50 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_v1_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_v1_test.go
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@ package podresources
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"reflect"
+	"sort"
 	"testing"
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	podresourcesapi "k8s.io/kubelet/pkg/apis/podresources/v1"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpuset"
 )
 
 func TestListPodResourcesV1(t *testing.T) {
@@ -41,20 +44,20 @@ func TestListPodResourcesV1(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	cpus := []int64{12, 23, 30}
+	cpus := cpuset.NewCPUSet(12, 23, 30)
 
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
 		desc             string
 		pods             []*v1.Pod
 		devices          []*podresourcesapi.ContainerDevices
-		cpus             []int64
+		cpus             cpuset.CPUSet
 		expectedResponse *podresourcesapi.ListPodResourcesResponse
 	}{
 		{
 			desc:             "no pods",
 			pods:             []*v1.Pod{},
 			devices:          []*podresourcesapi.ContainerDevices{},
-			cpus:             []int64{},
+			cpus:             cpuset.CPUSet{},
 			expectedResponse: &podresourcesapi.ListPodResourcesResponse{},
 		},
 		{
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ func TestListPodResourcesV1(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			devices: []*podresourcesapi.ContainerDevices{},
-			cpus:    []int64{},
+			cpus:    cpuset.CPUSet{},
 			expectedResponse: &podresourcesapi.ListPodResourcesResponse{
 				PodResources: []*podresourcesapi.PodResources{
 					{
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ func TestListPodResourcesV1(t *testing.T) {
 							{
 								Name:    containerName,
 								Devices: devs,
-								CpuIds:  cpus,
+								CpuIds:  cpus.ToSliceNoSortInt64(),
 							},
 						},
 					},
@@ -140,9 +143,91 @@ func TestListPodResourcesV1(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("want err = %v, got %q", nil, err)
 			}
-			if tc.expectedResponse.String() != resp.String() {
+			if !equalListResponse(tc.expectedResponse, resp) {
 				t.Errorf("want resp = %s, got %s", tc.expectedResponse.String(), resp.String())
 			}
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func equalListResponse(respA, respB *podresourcesapi.ListPodResourcesResponse) bool {
+	if len(respA.PodResources) != len(respB.PodResources) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for idx := 0; idx < len(respA.PodResources); idx++ {
+		podResA := respA.PodResources[idx]
+		podResB := respB.PodResources[idx]
+		if podResA.Name != podResB.Name {
+			return false
+		}
+		if podResA.Namespace != podResB.Namespace {
+			return false
+		}
+		if len(podResA.Containers) != len(podResB.Containers) {
+			return false
+		}
+		for jdx := 0; jdx < len(podResA.Containers); jdx++ {
+			cntA := podResA.Containers[jdx]
+			cntB := podResB.Containers[jdx]
+
+			if cntA.Name != cntB.Name {
+				return false
+			}
+			if !equalInt64s(cntA.CpuIds, cntB.CpuIds) {
+				return false
+			}
+
+			if len(cntA.Devices) != len(cntB.Devices) {
+				return false
+			}
+
+			for kdx := 0; kdx < len(cntA.Devices); kdx++ {
+				cntDevA := cntA.Devices[kdx]
+				cntDevB := cntB.Devices[kdx]
+
+				if cntDevA.ResourceName != cntDevB.ResourceName {
+					return false
+				}
+				if !equalTopology(cntDevA.Topology, cntDevB.Topology) {
+					return false
+				}
+				if !equalStrings(cntDevA.DeviceIds, cntDevB.DeviceIds) {
+					return false
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func equalInt64s(a, b []int64) bool {
+	if len(a) != len(b) {
+		return false
+	}
+	aCopy := append([]int64{}, a...)
+	sort.Slice(aCopy, func(i, j int) bool { return aCopy[i] < aCopy[j] })
+	bCopy := append([]int64{}, b...)
+	sort.Slice(bCopy, func(i, j int) bool { return bCopy[i] < bCopy[j] })
+	return reflect.DeepEqual(aCopy, bCopy)
+}
+
+func equalStrings(a, b []string) bool {
+	if len(a) != len(b) {
+		return false
+	}
+	aCopy := append([]string{}, a...)
+	sort.Strings(aCopy)
+	bCopy := append([]string{}, b...)
+	sort.Strings(bCopy)
+	return reflect.DeepEqual(aCopy, bCopy)
+}
+
+func equalTopology(a, b *podresourcesapi.TopologyInfo) bool {
+	if a == nil && b != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if a != nil && b == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return reflect.DeepEqual(a, b)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_v1alpha1_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_v1alpha1_test.go
index 5fe6f966e9d..9ce97900d7f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_v1alpha1_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_v1alpha1_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	podresourcesv1 "k8s.io/kubelet/pkg/apis/podresources/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubelet/pkg/apis/podresources/v1alpha1"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpuset"
 )
 
 type mockProvider struct {
@@ -43,9 +44,9 @@ func (m *mockProvider) GetDevices(podUID, containerName string) []*podresourcesv
 	return args.Get(0).([]*podresourcesv1.ContainerDevices)
 }
 
-func (m *mockProvider) GetCPUs(podUID, containerName string) []int64 {
+func (m *mockProvider) GetCPUs(podUID, containerName string) cpuset.CPUSet {
 	args := m.Called(podUID, containerName)
-	return args.Get(0).([]int64)
+	return args.Get(0).(cpuset.CPUSet)
 }
 
 func (m *mockProvider) UpdateAllocatedDevices() {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/types.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/types.go
index 433d92c5996..40d00db7954 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/types.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/types.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package podresources
 import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	podresourcesapi "k8s.io/kubelet/pkg/apis/podresources/v1"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpuset"
 )
 
 // DevicesProvider knows how to provide the devices used by the given container
@@ -34,5 +35,5 @@ type PodsProvider interface {
 
 // CPUsProvider knows how to provide the cpus used by the given container
 type CPUsProvider interface {
-	GetCPUs(podUID, containerName string) []int64
+	GetCPUs(podUID, containerName string) cpuset.CPUSet
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager.go
index e4a71094718..cefb40f9512 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ type ContainerManager interface {
 	GetDevices(podUID, containerName string) []*podresourcesapi.ContainerDevices
 
 	// GetCPUs returns information about the cpus assigned to pods and containers
-	GetCPUs(podUID, containerName string) []int64
+	GetCPUs(podUID, containerName string) cpuset.CPUSet
 
 	// ShouldResetExtendedResourceCapacity returns whether or not the extended resources should be zeroed,
 	// due to node recreation.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
index e6e16ace516..a19e2180268 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/containermap"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpuset"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/memorymanager"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager"
@@ -1072,8 +1073,8 @@ func (cm *containerManagerImpl) GetDevices(podUID, containerName string) []*podr
 	return cm.deviceManager.GetDevices(podUID, containerName)
 }
 
-func (cm *containerManagerImpl) GetCPUs(podUID, containerName string) []int64 {
-	return cm.cpuManager.GetCPUs(podUID, containerName).ToSliceNoSortInt64()
+func (cm *containerManagerImpl) GetCPUs(podUID, containerName string) cpuset.CPUSet {
+	return cm.cpuManager.GetCPUs(podUID, containerName).Clone()
 }
 
 func (cm *containerManagerImpl) ShouldResetExtendedResourceCapacity() bool {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_stub.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_stub.go
index ac4ceee2c56..5c8e835a39b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_stub.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_stub.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	internalapi "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis"
 	podresourcesapi "k8s.io/kubelet/pkg/apis/podresources/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpuset"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/memorymanager"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/config"
@@ -126,8 +127,8 @@ func (cm *containerManagerStub) UpdateAllocatedDevices() {
 	return
 }
 
-func (cm *containerManagerStub) GetCPUs(_, _ string) []int64 {
-	return nil
+func (cm *containerManagerStub) GetCPUs(_, _ string) cpuset.CPUSet {
+	return cpuset.CPUSet{}
 }
 
 func NewStubContainerManager() ContainerManager {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_windows.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_windows.go
index c3d07f270c3..54ca4f53d01 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_windows.go
@@ -232,6 +232,6 @@ func (cm *containerManagerImpl) UpdateAllocatedDevices() {
 	return
 }
 
-func (cm *containerManagerImpl) GetCPUs(_, _ string) []int64 {
-	return nil
+func (cm *containerManagerImpl) GetCPUs(_, _ string) cpuset.CPUSet {
+	return cpuset.CPUSet{}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/fake_container_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/fake_container_manager.go
index 027fffc7e72..67aaaec5060 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/fake_container_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/fake_container_manager.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	internalapi "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis"
 	podresourcesapi "k8s.io/kubelet/pkg/apis/podresources/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpuset"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/memorymanager"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/config"
@@ -195,9 +196,9 @@ func (cm *FakeContainerManager) UpdateAllocatedDevices() {
 	return
 }
 
-func (cm *FakeContainerManager) GetCPUs(_, _ string) []int64 {
+func (cm *FakeContainerManager) GetCPUs(_, _ string) cpuset.CPUSet {
 	cm.Lock()
 	defer cm.Unlock()
 	cm.CalledFunctions = append(cm.CalledFunctions, "GetCPUs")
-	return nil
+	return cpuset.CPUSet{}
 }