diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager.go
index 4e9501da4e3..8e60fab396d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager.go
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ type ContainerManager interface {
 	// due to node recreation.
 	ShouldResetExtendedResourceCapacity() bool
 
-	// GetTopologyPodAdmitHandler returns an instance of a PodAdmitHandler responsible for allocating pod resources.
-	GetTopologyPodAdmitHandler() lifecycle.PodAdmitHandler
+	// GetAllocateResourcesPodAdmitHandler returns an instance of a PodAdmitHandler responsible for allocating pod resources.
+	GetAllocateResourcesPodAdmitHandler() lifecycle.PodAdmitHandler
 
 	// UpdateAllocatedDevices frees any Devices that are bound to terminated pods.
 	UpdateAllocatedDevices()
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
index f962c298c7c..98c3647193f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ func (cm *containerManagerImpl) UpdatePluginResources(node *schedulernodeinfo.No
 	return cm.deviceManager.UpdatePluginResources(node, attrs)
 }
 
-func (cm *containerManagerImpl) GetTopologyPodAdmitHandler() lifecycle.PodAdmitHandler {
+func (cm *containerManagerImpl) GetAllocateResourcesPodAdmitHandler() lifecycle.PodAdmitHandler {
 	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(kubefeatures.TopologyManager) {
 		return cm.topologyManager
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_stub.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_stub.go
index 5c0caa635eb..3ed3d264052 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_stub.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_stub.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (cm *containerManagerStub) ShouldResetExtendedResourceCapacity() bool {
 	return cm.shouldResetExtendedResourceCapacity
 }
 
-func (cm *containerManagerStub) GetTopologyPodAdmitHandler() lifecycle.PodAdmitHandler {
+func (cm *containerManagerStub) GetAllocateResourcesPodAdmitHandler() lifecycle.PodAdmitHandler {
 	return topologymanager.NewFakeManager()
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_windows.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_windows.go
index 813d13620a7..50a1db0f39b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_windows.go
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func (cm *containerManagerImpl) ShouldResetExtendedResourceCapacity() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func (cm *containerManagerImpl) GetTopologyPodAdmitHandler() lifecycle.PodAdmitHandler {
+func (cm *containerManagerImpl) GetAllocateResourcesPodAdmitHandler() lifecycle.PodAdmitHandler {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 2830f7c0709..e9e56ce8c87 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -867,9 +867,9 @@ func NewMainKubelet(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration,
 	}
 	klet.AddPodSyncLoopHandler(activeDeadlineHandler)
 	klet.AddPodSyncHandler(activeDeadlineHandler)
-	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.TopologyManager) {
-		klet.admitHandlers.AddPodAdmitHandler(klet.containerManager.GetTopologyPodAdmitHandler())
-	}
+
+	klet.admitHandlers.AddPodAdmitHandler(klet.containerManager.GetAllocateResourcesPodAdmitHandler())
+
 	criticalPodAdmissionHandler := preemption.NewCriticalPodAdmissionHandler(klet.GetActivePods, killPodNow(klet.podWorkers, kubeDeps.Recorder), kubeDeps.Recorder)
 	klet.admitHandlers.AddPodAdmitHandler(lifecycle.NewPredicateAdmitHandler(klet.getNodeAnyWay, criticalPodAdmissionHandler, klet.containerManager.UpdatePluginResources))
 	// apply functional Option's