diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/pod_container_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/pod_container_manager_linux.go
index abe5b73971c..703437160dc 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/pod_container_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/pod_container_manager_linux.go
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ func (m *podContainerManagerNoop) EnsureExists(_ *v1.Pod) error {
 }
 
 func (m *podContainerManagerNoop) GetPodContainerName(_ *v1.Pod) (CgroupName, string) {
-	return m.cgroupRoot, m.cgroupRoot.ToCgroupfs()
+	return m.cgroupRoot, ""
 }
 
 func (m *podContainerManagerNoop) GetPodContainerNameForDriver(_ *v1.Pod) string {