diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/qos/policy.go b/pkg/kubelet/qos/policy.go
index f005fc59d50..fc428921348 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/qos/policy.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/qos/policy.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const (
 	KubeletOOMScoreAdj int = -999
 	// KubeProxyOOMScoreAdj is the OOM score adjustment for kube-proxy
 	KubeProxyOOMScoreAdj  int = -999
-	guaranteedOOMScoreAdj int = -998
+	guaranteedOOMScoreAdj int = -997
 	besteffortOOMScoreAdj int = 1000
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/qos/policy_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/qos/policy_test.go
index deebc439783..19b2f912b4f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/qos/policy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/qos/policy_test.go
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ func TestGetContainerOOMScoreAdjust(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			pod:             &equalRequestLimitCPUMemory,
 			memoryCapacity:  123456789,
-			lowOOMScoreAdj:  -998,
-			highOOMScoreAdj: -998,
+			lowOOMScoreAdj:  -997,
+			highOOMScoreAdj: -997,
 		},
 		{
 			pod:             &cpuUnlimitedMemoryLimitedWithRequests,
@@ -199,14 +199,14 @@ func TestGetContainerOOMScoreAdjust(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			pod:             &requestNoLimit,
 			memoryCapacity:  standardMemoryAmount,
-			lowOOMScoreAdj:  2,
-			highOOMScoreAdj: 2,
+			lowOOMScoreAdj:  3,
+			highOOMScoreAdj: 3,
 		},
 		{
 			pod:             &critical,
 			memoryCapacity:  4000000000,
-			lowOOMScoreAdj:  -998,
-			highOOMScoreAdj: -998,
+			lowOOMScoreAdj:  -997,
+			highOOMScoreAdj: -997,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range oomTests {