diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/helpers_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/helpers_linux.go
index a9272539441..0020d1886d0 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/helpers_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/helpers_linux.go
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ func (ds *dockerService) updateCreateConfig(
 				CPUQuota:   rOpts.CpuQuota,
 				CPUPeriod:  rOpts.CpuPeriod,
 				CpusetCpus: rOpts.CpusetCpus,
+				CpusetMems: rOpts.CpusetMems,
 			}
 			createConfig.HostConfig.OomScoreAdj = int(rOpts.OomScoreAdj)
 		}