diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/containermap/container_map.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/containermap/container_map.go
index 525ec75131e..a173d2a9ba2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/containermap/container_map.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/containermap/container_map.go
@@ -22,51 +22,44 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 )
 
-// ContainerMap maps (containerID)->(podUID, containerName)
-type ContainerMap map[string]map[string]string
+// ContainerMap maps (containerID)->(*v1.Pod, *v1.Container)
+type ContainerMap map[string]struct {
+	pod       *v1.Pod
+	container *v1.Container
+}
 
 // NewContainerMap creates a new ContainerMap struct
 func NewContainerMap() ContainerMap {
 	return make(ContainerMap)
 }
 
-// Add adds a mapping of (containerID)->(podUID, containerName) to the ContainerMap
+// Add adds a mapping of (containerID)->(*v1.Pod, *v1.Container) to the ContainerMap
 func (cm ContainerMap) Add(p *v1.Pod, c *v1.Container, containerID string) {
-	podUID := string(p.UID)
-	if _, exists := cm[podUID]; !exists {
-		cm[podUID] = make(map[string]string)
-	}
-	cm[podUID][c.Name] = containerID
+	cm[containerID] = struct {
+		pod       *v1.Pod
+		container *v1.Container
+	}{p, c}
 }
 
-// Remove removes a mapping of (containerID)->(podUID, containerName) from the ContainerMap
+// Remove removes a mapping of (containerID)->(*v1.Pod, *.v1.Container) from the ContainerMap
 func (cm ContainerMap) Remove(containerID string) {
-	found := false
-	for podUID := range cm {
-		for containerName := range cm[podUID] {
-			if containerID == cm[podUID][containerName] {
-				delete(cm[podUID], containerName)
-				found = true
-				break
-			}
-		}
-		if len(cm[podUID]) == 0 {
-			delete(cm, podUID)
-		}
-		if found {
-			break
-		}
-	}
+	delete(cm, containerID)
 }
 
-// Get retrieves a ContainerID from the ContainerMap
-func (cm ContainerMap) Get(p *v1.Pod, c *v1.Container) (string, error) {
-	podUID := string(p.UID)
-	if _, exists := cm[podUID]; !exists {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("pod %s not in ContainerMap", podUID)
+// GetContainerID retrieves a ContainerID from the ContainerMap
+func (cm ContainerMap) GetContainerID(p *v1.Pod, c *v1.Container) (string, error) {
+	for key, val := range cm {
+		if val.pod.UID == p.UID && val.container.Name == c.Name {
+			return key, nil
+		}
 	}
-	if _, exists := cm[podUID][c.Name]; !exists {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("container %s not in ContainerMap for pod %s", c.Name, podUID)
-	}
-	return cm[podUID][c.Name], nil
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("container %s not in ContainerMap for pod %s", c.Name, p.UID)
+}
+
+// GetContainerRef retrieves a (*v1.Pod, *v1.Container) pair from the ContainerMap
+func (cm ContainerMap) GetContainerRef(containerID string) (*v1.Pod, *v1.Container, error) {
+	if _, exists := cm[containerID]; !exists {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("containerID %s not in ContainerMap", containerID)
+	}
+	return cm[containerID].pod, cm[containerID].container, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/containermap/container_map_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/containermap/container_map_test.go
index de872cd6df0..d48ca8c9cce 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/containermap/container_map_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/containermap/container_map_test.go
@@ -47,13 +47,25 @@ func TestContainerMap(t *testing.T) {
 			container := v1.Container{Name: tc.containerNames[i]}
 
 			cm.Add(&pod, &container, tc.containerIDs[i])
-			containerID, err := cm.Get(&pod, &container)
+
+			containerID, err := cm.GetContainerID(&pod, &container)
 			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("error adding and retrieving container: %v", err)
+				t.Errorf("error adding and retrieving containerID: %v", err)
 			}
 			if containerID != tc.containerIDs[i] {
 				t.Errorf("mismatched containerIDs %v, %v", containerID, tc.containerIDs[i])
 			}
+
+			podRef, containerRef, err := cm.GetContainerRef(containerID)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("error retrieving container reference: %v", err)
+			}
+			if podRef != &pod {
+				t.Errorf("mismatched pod reference %v, %v", pod.UID, podRef.UID)
+			}
+			if containerRef != &container {
+				t.Errorf("mismatched container reference %v, %v", container.Name, containerRef.Name)
+			}
 		}
 
 		// Remove all entries from the containerMap, checking proper removal of
@@ -61,7 +73,7 @@ func TestContainerMap(t *testing.T) {
 		for i := range tc.containerNames {
 			container := v1.Container{Name: tc.containerNames[i]}
 			cm.Remove(tc.containerIDs[i])
-			containerID, err := cm.Get(&pod, &container)
+			containerID, err := cm.GetContainerID(&pod, &container)
 			if err == nil {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected retrieval of containerID after removal: %v", containerID)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go
index 85aec3b8ba6..ed022e6827f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func (p *staticPolicy) AddContainer(s state.State, pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Co
 		// container is run.
 		for _, initContainer := range pod.Spec.InitContainers {
 			if container.Name != initContainer.Name {
-				initContainerID, err := p.containerMap.Get(pod, &initContainer)
+				initContainerID, err := p.containerMap.GetContainerID(pod, &initContainer)
 				if err != nil {
 					continue
 				}