diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
index 9672b18766a..3fb4dcc22b1 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/component-base/logs"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics"
 
+	logsapi "k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1"
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cluster/ports"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controlplane/reconcilers"
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ func (s *ServerRunOptions) Flags() (fss cliflag.NamedFlagSets) {
 	s.EgressSelector.AddFlags(fss.FlagSet("egress selector"))
 	s.Admission.AddFlags(fss.FlagSet("admission"))
 	s.Metrics.AddFlags(fss.FlagSet("metrics"))
-	s.Logs.AddFlags(fss.FlagSet("logs"))
+	logsapi.AddFlags(s.Logs, fss.FlagSet("logs"))
 	s.Traces.AddFlags(fss.FlagSet("traces"))
 
 	// Note: the weird ""+ in below lines seems to be the only way to get gofmt to
diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go
index fc0d51d2eca..aa2995428ba 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ cluster's shared state through which all other components interact.`,
 
 			// Activate logging as soon as possible, after that
 			// show flags with the final logging configuration.
-			if err := s.Logs.ValidateAndApply(utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate); err != nil {
+			if err := logsapi.ValidateAndApply(s.Logs, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			cliflag.PrintFlags(fs)
diff --git a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
index a0dd399972a..dd284fdca85 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ controller, and serviceaccounts controller.`,
 
 			// Activate logging as soon as possible, after that
 			// show flags with the final logging configuration.
-			if err := s.Logs.ValidateAndApply(utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate); err != nil {
+			if err := logsapi.ValidateAndApply(s.Logs, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate); err != nil {
 				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
diff --git a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/options/options.go
index 59bffd53fc1..b3d2e7e2da5 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/options/options.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	cpoptions "k8s.io/cloud-provider/options"
 	cliflag "k8s.io/component-base/cli/flag"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/logs"
+	logsapi "k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics"
 	cmoptions "k8s.io/controller-manager/options"
 	kubectrlmgrconfigv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kube-controller-manager/config/v1alpha1"
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ func (s *KubeControllerManagerOptions) Flags(allControllers []string, disabledBy
 	s.SAController.AddFlags(fss.FlagSet("serviceaccount controller"))
 	s.TTLAfterFinishedController.AddFlags(fss.FlagSet("ttl-after-finished controller"))
 	s.Metrics.AddFlags(fss.FlagSet("metrics"))
-	s.Logs.AddFlags(fss.FlagSet("logs"))
+	logsapi.AddFlags(s.Logs, fss.FlagSet("logs"))
 
 	fs := fss.FlagSet("misc")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.Master, "master", s.Master, "The address of the Kubernetes API server (overrides any value in kubeconfig).")
diff --git a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/options.go
index bffb6c44608..6a5b2a1c131 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/options.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import (
 	componentbaseconfig "k8s.io/component-base/config"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/config/options"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/logs"
+	logsapi "k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics"
 	schedulerappconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/config"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler"
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ func (o *Options) initFlags() {
 	options.BindLeaderElectionFlags(o.LeaderElection, nfs.FlagSet("leader election"))
 	utilfeature.DefaultMutableFeatureGate.AddFlag(nfs.FlagSet("feature gate"))
 	o.Metrics.AddFlags(nfs.FlagSet("metrics"))
-	o.Logs.AddFlags(nfs.FlagSet("logs"))
+	logsapi.AddFlags(o.Logs, nfs.FlagSet("logs"))
 
 	o.Flags = &nfs
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/server.go b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/server.go
index 93230343492..c352ba664d0 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/server.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func runCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, opts *options.Options, registryOptions ...Op
 
 	// Activate logging as soon as possible, after that
 	// show flags with the final logging configuration.
-	if err := opts.Logs.ValidateAndApply(utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate); err != nil {
+	if err := logsapi.ValidateAndApply(opts.Logs, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
index 6da44a38789..69b4d326e94 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	cliflag "k8s.io/component-base/cli/flag"
+	logsapi "k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubelet/config/v1beta1"
 	kubeletapis "k8s.io/kubelet/pkg/apis"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cluster/ports"
@@ -499,7 +500,7 @@ func AddKubeletConfigFlags(mainfs *pflag.FlagSet, c *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfig
 	fs.StringSliceVar(&c.EnforceNodeAllocatable, "enforce-node-allocatable", c.EnforceNodeAllocatable, "A comma separated list of levels of node allocatable enforcement to be enforced by kubelet. Acceptable options are 'none', 'pods', 'system-reserved', and 'kube-reserved'. If the latter two options are specified, '--system-reserved-cgroup' and '--kube-reserved-cgroup' must also be set, respectively. If 'none' is specified, no additional options should be set. See https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/reserve-compute-resources/ for more details.")
 	fs.StringVar(&c.SystemReservedCgroup, "system-reserved-cgroup", c.SystemReservedCgroup, "Absolute name of the top level cgroup that is used to manage non-kubernetes components for which compute resources were reserved via '--system-reserved' flag. Ex. '/system-reserved'. [default='']")
 	fs.StringVar(&c.KubeReservedCgroup, "kube-reserved-cgroup", c.KubeReservedCgroup, "Absolute name of the top level cgroup that is used to manage kubernetes components for which compute resources were reserved via '--kube-reserved' flag. Ex. '/kube-reserved'. [default='']")
-	c.Logging.AddFlags(fs)
+	logsapi.AddFlags(&c.Logging, fs)
 
 	// Memory Manager Flags
 	fs.StringVar(&c.MemoryManagerPolicy, "memory-manager-policy", c.MemoryManagerPolicy, "Memory Manager policy to use. Possible values: 'None', 'Static'.")
diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
index 06704135881..d00dd05a972 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ HTTP server: The kubelet can also listen for HTTP and respond to a simple API
 
 			// Config and flags parsed, now we can initialize logging.
 			logs.InitLogs()
-			if err := kubeletConfig.Logging.ValidateAndApplyAsField(utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, field.NewPath("logging")); err != nil {
+			if err := logsapi.ValidateAndApplyAsField(&kubeletConfig.Logging, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, field.NewPath("logging")); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("initialize logging: %v", err)
 			}
 			cliflag.PrintFlags(cleanFlagSet)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/defaults.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/defaults.go
index 06ea4559e97..be5715ba85a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/defaults.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	kubeletconfigv1beta1 "k8s.io/kubelet/config/v1beta1"
 
 	// TODO: Cut references to k8s.io/kubernetes, eventually there should be none from this package
+	logsapi "k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cluster/ports"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/qos"
 	kubetypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ func SetDefaults_KubeletConfiguration(obj *kubeletconfigv1beta1.KubeletConfigura
 		obj.VolumePluginDir = DefaultVolumePluginDir
 	}
 	// Use the Default LoggingConfiguration option
-	obj.Logging.SetRecommendedLoggingConfiguration()
+	logsapi.SetRecommendedLoggingConfiguration(&obj.Logging)
 	if obj.EnableSystemLogHandler == nil {
 		obj.EnableSystemLogHandler = utilpointer.BoolPtr(true)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation.go
index 7b88556b11a..872c912957c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	utilvalidation "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/featuregate"
+	logsapi "k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	kubeletconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ func ValidateKubeletConfiguration(kc *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration, featur
 	}
 	allErrors = append(allErrors, metrics.ValidateShowHiddenMetricsVersion(kc.ShowHiddenMetricsForVersion)...)
 
-	if errs := kc.Logging.Validate(localFeatureGate, field.NewPath("logging")); len(errs) > 0 {
+	if errs := logsapi.Validate(&kc.Logging, localFeatureGate, field.NewPath("logging")); len(errs) > 0 {
 		allErrors = append(allErrors, errs.ToAggregate().Errors()...)
 	}
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1/options.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1/options.go
index 84cbdf97444..dd4e7f8a218 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1/options.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1/options.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const (
 // NewLoggingConfiguration returns a struct holding the default logging configuration.
 func NewLoggingConfiguration() *LoggingConfiguration {
 	c := LoggingConfiguration{}
-	c.SetRecommendedLoggingConfiguration()
+	SetRecommendedLoggingConfiguration(&c)
 	return &c
 }
 
@@ -61,26 +61,26 @@ func NewLoggingConfiguration() *LoggingConfiguration {
 //
 // The optional FeatureGate controls logging features. If nil, the default for
 // these features is used.
-func (c *LoggingConfiguration) ValidateAndApply(featureGate featuregate.FeatureGate) error {
-	return c.ValidateAndApplyAsField(featureGate, nil)
+func ValidateAndApply(c *LoggingConfiguration, featureGate featuregate.FeatureGate) error {
+	return ValidateAndApplyAsField(c, featureGate, nil)
 }
 
 // ValidateAndApplyAsField is a variant of ValidateAndApply that should be used
 // when the LoggingConfiguration is embedded in some larger configuration
 // structure.
-func (c *LoggingConfiguration) ValidateAndApplyAsField(featureGate featuregate.FeatureGate, fldPath *field.Path) error {
-	errs := c.Validate(featureGate, fldPath)
+func ValidateAndApplyAsField(c *LoggingConfiguration, featureGate featuregate.FeatureGate, fldPath *field.Path) error {
+	errs := Validate(c, featureGate, fldPath)
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
 		return errs.ToAggregate()
 	}
-	return c.apply(featureGate)
+	return apply(c, featureGate)
 }
 
 // Validate can be used to check for invalid settings without applying them.
 // Most binaries should validate and apply the logging configuration as soon
 // as possible via ValidateAndApply. The field path is optional: nil
 // can be passed when the struct is not embedded in some larger struct.
-func (c *LoggingConfiguration) Validate(featureGate featuregate.FeatureGate, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
+func Validate(c *LoggingConfiguration, featureGate featuregate.FeatureGate, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
 	errs := field.ErrorList{}
 	if c.Format != DefaultLogFormat {
 		// WordSepNormalizeFunc is just a guess. Commands should use it,
@@ -127,17 +127,17 @@ func (c *LoggingConfiguration) Validate(featureGate featuregate.FeatureGate, fld
 		}
 	}
 
-	errs = append(errs, c.validateFormatOptions(featureGate, fldPath.Child("options"))...)
+	errs = append(errs, validateFormatOptions(c, featureGate, fldPath.Child("options"))...)
 	return errs
 }
 
-func (c *LoggingConfiguration) validateFormatOptions(featureGate featuregate.FeatureGate, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
+func validateFormatOptions(c *LoggingConfiguration, featureGate featuregate.FeatureGate, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
 	errs := field.ErrorList{}
-	errs = append(errs, c.validateJSONOptions(featureGate, fldPath.Child("json"))...)
+	errs = append(errs, validateJSONOptions(c, featureGate, fldPath.Child("json"))...)
 	return errs
 }
 
-func (c *LoggingConfiguration) validateJSONOptions(featureGate featuregate.FeatureGate, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
+func validateJSONOptions(c *LoggingConfiguration, featureGate featuregate.FeatureGate, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
 	errs := field.ErrorList{}
 	if gate := LoggingAlphaOptions; c.Options.JSON.SplitStream && !featureEnabled(featureGate, gate) {
 		errs = append(errs, field.Forbidden(fldPath.Child("splitStream"), fmt.Sprintf("Feature %s is disabled", gate)))
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func featureEnabled(featureGate featuregate.FeatureGate, feature featuregate.Fea
 	return enabled
 }
 
-func (c *LoggingConfiguration) apply(featureGate featuregate.FeatureGate) error {
+func apply(c *LoggingConfiguration, featureGate featuregate.FeatureGate) error {
 	contextualLoggingEnabled := contextualLoggingDefault
 	if featureGate != nil {
 		contextualLoggingEnabled = featureGate.Enabled(ContextualLogging)
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func (c *LoggingConfiguration) apply(featureGate featuregate.FeatureGate) error
 }
 
 // AddFlags adds command line flags for the configuration.
-func (c *LoggingConfiguration) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
+func AddFlags(c *LoggingConfiguration, fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	// The help text is generated assuming that flags will eventually use
 	// hyphens, even if currently no normalization function is set for the
 	// flag set yet.
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func (c *LoggingConfiguration) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 // Consumers who embed LoggingConfiguration in their own configuration structs
 // may set custom defaults and then should call this function to add the
 // global defaults.
-func (c *LoggingConfiguration) SetRecommendedLoggingConfiguration() {
+func SetRecommendedLoggingConfiguration(c *LoggingConfiguration) {
 	if c.Format == "" {
 		c.Format = "text"
 	}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1/options_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1/options_test.go
index 40f334df902..0d2083dca8b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1/options_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1/options_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func TestFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	c := NewLoggingConfiguration()
 	fs := pflag.NewFlagSet("addflagstest", pflag.ContinueOnError)
 	output := bytes.Buffer{}
-	c.AddFlags(fs)
+	AddFlags(c, fs)
 	fs.SetOutput(&output)
 	fs.PrintDefaults()
 	want := `      --log-flush-frequency duration   Maximum number of seconds between log flushes (default 5s)
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ func TestOptions(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			c := NewLoggingConfiguration()
 			fs := pflag.NewFlagSet("addflagstest", pflag.ContinueOnError)
-			c.AddFlags(fs)
+			AddFlags(c, fs)
 			fs.Parse(tc.args)
 			if !assert.Equal(t, tc.want, c) {
 				t.Errorf("Wrong Validate() result for %q. expect %v, got %v", tc.name, tc.want, c)
 			}
-			errs := c.ValidateAndApply(nil /* We don't care about feature gates here. */)
+			errs := ValidateAndApply(c, nil /* We don't care about feature gates here. */)
 			defer klog.StopFlushDaemon()
 			if !assert.ElementsMatch(t, tc.errs, errs) {
 				t.Errorf("Wrong Validate() result for %q.\n expect:\t%+v\n got:\t%+v", tc.name, tc.errs, errs)
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func testContextualLogging(t *testing.T, enabled bool) {
 	AddFeatureGates(featureGate)
 	err = featureGate.SetFromMap(map[string]bool{string(ContextualLogging): enabled})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	err = c.ValidateAndApply(featureGate)
+	err = ValidateAndApply(c, featureGate)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer klog.StopFlushDaemon()
 	defer klog.EnableContextualLogging(true)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1/validate_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1/validate_test.go
index 99c7f657cad..10a8d790d31 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1/validate_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1/validate_test.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func TestValidation(t *testing.T) {
 			if featureGate == nil {
 				featureGate = defaultFeatureGate
 			}
-			err := test.config.Validate(featureGate, test.path)
+			err := Validate(&test.config, featureGate, test.path)
 			if len(err) == 0 {
 				if test.expectErrors != "" {
 					t.Fatalf("did not get expected error(s): %s", test.expectErrors)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/example/cmd/logger.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/example/cmd/logger.go
index 16d9f3b93cd..5b8ed2e4d0d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/example/cmd/logger.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/example/cmd/logger.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func NewLoggerCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			logs.InitLogs()
-			if err := c.ValidateAndApply(featureGate); err != nil {
+			if err := logsapi.ValidateAndApply(c, featureGate); err != nil {
 				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func NewLoggerCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	}
 	logsapi.AddFeatureGates(featureGate)
 	featureGate.AddFlag(cmd.Flags())
-	c.AddFlags(cmd.Flags())
+	logsapi.AddFlags(c, cmd.Flags())
 	return cmd
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/register/register_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/register/register_test.go
index 0b5398ae4a0..6ec743414ab 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/register/register_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/register/register_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func TestJSONFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	c := logsapi.NewLoggingConfiguration()
 	fs := pflag.NewFlagSet("addflagstest", pflag.ContinueOnError)
 	output := bytes.Buffer{}
-	c.AddFlags(fs)
+	logsapi.AddFlags(c, fs)
 	fs.SetOutput(&output)
 	fs.PrintDefaults()
 	wantSubstring := `Permitted formats: "json" (gated by LoggingBetaOptions), "text".`
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func TestJSONFormatRegister(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			c := logsapi.NewLoggingConfiguration()
 			fs := pflag.NewFlagSet("addflagstest", pflag.ContinueOnError)
-			c.AddFlags(fs)
+			logsapi.AddFlags(c, fs)
 			fs.Parse(tc.args)
 			if !assert.Equal(t, tc.want, c) {
 				t.Errorf("Wrong Validate() result for %q. expect %v, got %v", tc.name, tc.want, c)
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func TestJSONFormatRegister(t *testing.T) {
 			err := mutable.SetFromMap(map[string]bool{string(logsapi.ContextualLogging): tc.contextualLogging})
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			featureGate = mutable
-			errs := c.ValidateAndApply(featureGate)
+			errs := logsapi.ValidateAndApply(c, featureGate)
 			defer klog.ClearLogger()
 			if !assert.ElementsMatch(t, tc.errs, errs) {
 				t.Errorf("Wrong Validate() result for %q.\n expect:\t%+v\n got:\t%+v", tc.name, tc.errs, errs)