diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index e31d300a2ee..3edc11e1a1c 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-pkg/kubelet/cm/cpuset
 pkg/util/flag
 test/e2e/apimachinery
 vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/json
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpuset/cpuset.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpuset/cpuset.go
index b2ce7f9215b..ffae3c58b72 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpuset/cpuset.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpuset/cpuset.go
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ type Builder struct {
 }
 
 // NewBuilder returns a mutable CPUSet builder.
-func NewBuilder() Builder {
-	return Builder{
+func NewBuilder() *Builder {
+	return &Builder{
 		result: CPUSet{
 			elems: map[int]struct{}{},
 		},
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func NewBuilder() Builder {
 
 // Add adds the supplied elements to the result. Calling Add after calling
 // Result has no effect.
-func (b Builder) Add(elems ...int) {
+func (b *Builder) Add(elems ...int) {
 	if b.done {
 		return
 	}
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (b Builder) Add(elems ...int) {
 
 // Result returns the result CPUSet containing all elements that were
 // previously added to this builder. Subsequent calls to Add have no effect.
-func (b Builder) Result() CPUSet {
+func (b *Builder) Result() CPUSet {
 	b.done = true
 	return b.result
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpuset/cpuset_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpuset/cpuset_test.go
index d79748df506..09f01a843de 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpuset/cpuset_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpuset/cpuset_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package cpuset
 import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestCPUSetBuilder(t *testing.T) {
@@ -36,6 +38,9 @@ func TestCPUSetBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(elems) != result.Size() {
 		t.Fatalf("expected cpuset %s to have the same size as %v", result, elems)
 	}
+
+	b.Add(6)
+	require.False(t, result.Contains(6), "expected calls to Add after calling Result() to have no effect")
 }
 
 func TestCPUSetSize(t *testing.T) {