diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go
index 8e9d3571549..d557265617e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	v1helper "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/v1/helper"
 
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/metrics"
@@ -255,6 +256,15 @@ func (m *cgroupCommon) Destroy(cgroupConfig *CgroupConfig) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (m *cgroupCommon) SetCgroupConfig(name CgroupName, resource v1.ResourceName, resourceConfig *ResourceConfig) error {
+	containerConfig := &CgroupConfig{
+		Name:               name,
+		ResourceParameters: resourceConfig,
+	}
+
+	return m.Update(containerConfig)
+}
+
 // getCPUWeight converts from the range [2, 262144] to [1, 10000]
 func getCPUWeight(cpuShares *uint64) uint64 {
 	if cpuShares == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_v1_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_v1_manager_linux.go
index 7325ba797c9..0f9d1ee1896 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_v1_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_v1_manager_linux.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 
 	libcontainercgroups "github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/fscommon"
-
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 )
@@ -123,22 +122,6 @@ func (c *cgroupV1impl) GetCgroupConfig(name CgroupName, resource v1.ResourceName
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported resource %v for cgroup %v", resource, name)
 }
 
-// Set resource config for the specified resource type on the cgroup
-func (c *cgroupV1impl) SetCgroupConfig(name CgroupName, resource v1.ResourceName, resourceConfig *ResourceConfig) error {
-	cgroupPaths := c.buildCgroupPaths(name)
-	cgroupResourcePath, found := cgroupPaths[string(resource)]
-	if !found {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to build %v cgroup fs path for cgroup %v", resource, name)
-	}
-	switch resource {
-	case v1.ResourceCPU:
-		return c.setCgroupCPUConfig(cgroupResourcePath, resourceConfig)
-	case v1.ResourceMemory:
-		return c.setCgroupMemoryConfig(cgroupResourcePath, resourceConfig)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (c *cgroupV1impl) getCgroupCPUConfig(cgroupPath string) (*ResourceConfig, error) {
 	cpuQuotaStr, errQ := fscommon.GetCgroupParamString(cgroupPath, "cpu.cfs_quota_us")
 	if errQ != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_v2_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_v2_manager_linux.go
index d8cf58d79cf..8cea1e2d0ac 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_v2_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_v2_manager_linux.go
@@ -98,22 +98,6 @@ func (c *cgroupV2impl) GetCgroupConfig(name CgroupName, resource v1.ResourceName
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported resource %v for cgroup %v", resource, name)
 }
 
-// Set resource config for the specified resource type on the cgroup
-func (c *cgroupV2impl) SetCgroupConfig(name CgroupName, resource v1.ResourceName, resourceConfig *ResourceConfig) error {
-	cgroupPaths := c.buildCgroupPaths(name)
-	cgroupResourcePath, found := cgroupPaths[string(resource)]
-	if !found {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to build %v cgroup fs path for cgroup %v", resource, name)
-	}
-	switch resource {
-	case v1.ResourceCPU:
-		return c.setCgroupCPUConfig(cgroupResourcePath, resourceConfig)
-	case v1.ResourceMemory:
-		return c.setCgroupMemoryConfig(cgroupResourcePath, resourceConfig)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (c *cgroupV2impl) getCgroupCPUConfig(cgroupPath string) (*ResourceConfig, error) {
 	var cpuLimitStr, cpuPeriodStr string
 	cpuLimitAndPeriod, err := fscommon.GetCgroupParamString(cgroupPath, "cpu.max")