diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
index d5875c0f021..19fcf32cbe6 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ is checked every 20 seconds (also configurable with a flag).`,
 				config.StaticPodURLHeader[k] = []string{"<masked>"}
 			}
 			// log the kubelet's config for inspection
-			klog.V(5).InfoS("KubeletConfiguration", "configuration", config)
+			klog.V(5).InfoS("KubeletConfiguration", "configuration", klog.Format(config))
 
 			// set up signal context for kubelet shutdown
 			ctx := genericapiserver.SetupSignalContext()