diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
index 95c5aa7fc39..bb6aef10390 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
@@ -945,6 +945,7 @@ func RunDockershim(c *componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration, dockershimRootDir st
 	if binDir == "" {
 		binDir = c.NetworkPluginDir
 	}
+	nh := &kubelet.NoOpLegacyHost{}
 	pluginSettings := dockershim.NetworkPluginSettings{
 		HairpinMode:       componentconfig.HairpinMode(c.HairpinMode),
 		NonMasqueradeCIDR: c.NonMasqueradeCIDR,
@@ -952,6 +953,7 @@ func RunDockershim(c *componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration, dockershimRootDir st
 		PluginConfDir:     c.CNIConfDir,
 		PluginBinDir:      binDir,
 		MTU:               int(c.NetworkPluginMTU),
+		LegacyRuntimeHost: nh,
 	}
 
 	// Initialize streaming configuration. (Not using TLS now)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 6525f6d2a73..141da39c146 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ func NewMainKubelet(kubeCfg *componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration, kubeDeps *Kub
 	// Remote runtime shim just cannot talk back to kubelet, so it doesn't
 	// support bandwidth shaping or hostports till #35457. To enable legacy
 	// features, replace with networkHost.
-	var nl *noOpLegacyHost
+	var nl *NoOpLegacyHost
 	pluginSettings.LegacyRuntimeHost = nl
 
 	// rktnetes cannot be run with CRI.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/networks.go b/pkg/kubelet/networks.go
index d8382433372..6f2020d0da1 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/networks.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/networks.go
@@ -72,20 +72,20 @@ func (c *criNetworkHost) GetNetNS(containerID string) (string, error) {
 // noOpLegacyHost implements the network.LegacyHost interface for the remote
 // runtime shim by just returning empties. It doesn't support legacy features
 // like host port and bandwidth shaping.
-type noOpLegacyHost struct{}
+type NoOpLegacyHost struct{}
 
-func (n *noOpLegacyHost) GetPodByName(namespace, name string) (*v1.Pod, bool) {
+func (n *NoOpLegacyHost) GetPodByName(namespace, name string) (*v1.Pod, bool) {
 	return nil, true
 }
 
-func (n *noOpLegacyHost) GetKubeClient() clientset.Interface {
+func (n *NoOpLegacyHost) GetKubeClient() clientset.Interface {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (n *noOpLegacyHost) GetRuntime() kubecontainer.Runtime {
+func (n *NoOpLegacyHost) GetRuntime() kubecontainer.Runtime {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (nh *noOpLegacyHost) SupportsLegacyFeatures() bool {
+func (nh *NoOpLegacyHost) SupportsLegacyFeatures() bool {
 	return false
 }