diff --git a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck_test.go b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck_test.go
index 83c9708909b..9eb92004d58 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck_test.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck_test.go
@@ -143,8 +143,9 @@ type fakeProxyHealthChecker struct {
 	healthy bool
 }
 
-func (fake fakeProxyHealthChecker) IsHealthy() bool {
-	return fake.healthy
+func (fake fakeProxyHealthChecker) Health() (bool, time.Time) {
+	// we only need "healthy" field for testing service healthchecks.
+	return fake.healthy, time.Time{}
 }
 
 func TestServer(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/proxy_health.go b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/proxy_health.go
index 652f7ef90dc..2039f801954 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/proxy_health.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/proxy_health.go
@@ -101,14 +101,8 @@ func (hs *ProxyHealthServer) QueuedUpdate(ipFamily v1.IPFamily) {
 	}
 }
 
-// IsHealthy returns only the proxier's health state, following the same
-// definition the HTTP server defines, but ignoring the state of the Node.
-func (hs *ProxyHealthServer) IsHealthy() bool {
-	isHealthy, _ := hs.isHealthy()
-	return isHealthy
-}
-
-func (hs *ProxyHealthServer) isHealthy() (bool, time.Time) {
+// Health returns only the proxier's health state and last updated time.
+func (hs *ProxyHealthServer) Health() (bool, time.Time) {
 	hs.lock.RLock()
 	defer hs.lock.RUnlock()
 
@@ -188,7 +182,7 @@ type healthzHandler struct {
 
 func (h healthzHandler) ServeHTTP(resp http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 	nodeEligible := h.hs.NodeEligible()
-	healthy, lastUpdated := h.hs.isHealthy()
+	healthy, lastUpdated := h.hs.Health()
 	currentTime := h.hs.clock.Now()
 
 	healthy = healthy && nodeEligible
@@ -215,7 +209,7 @@ type livezHandler struct {
 }
 
 func (h livezHandler) ServeHTTP(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-	healthy, lastUpdated := h.hs.isHealthy()
+	healthy, lastUpdated := h.hs.Health()
 	currentTime := h.hs.clock.Now()
 	resp.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	resp.Header().Set("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff")
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/service_health.go b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/service_health.go
index e0894aae98a..0f9eb300f00 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/service_health.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/service_health.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/lithammer/dedent"
 
@@ -53,9 +54,8 @@ type ServiceHealthServer interface {
 }
 
 type proxyHealthChecker interface {
-	// IsHealthy returns the proxy's health state, following the same
-	// definition the HTTP server defines.
-	IsHealthy() bool
+	// Health returns the proxy's health state and last updated time.
+	Health() (bool, time.Time)
 }
 
 func newServiceHealthServer(hostname string, recorder events.EventRecorder, listener listener, factory httpServerFactory, nodePortAddresses *proxyutil.NodePortAddresses, healthzServer proxyHealthChecker) ServiceHealthServer {
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func (h hcHandler) ServeHTTP(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	}
 	count := svc.endpoints
 	h.hcs.lock.RUnlock()
-	kubeProxyHealthy := h.hcs.healthzServer.IsHealthy()
+	kubeProxyHealthy, _ := h.hcs.healthzServer.Health()
 
 	resp.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	resp.Header().Set("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff")