diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/BUILD
index 9c91c2e9df2..8474da6fac7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/BUILD
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubelet/container:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/metrics:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubelet/util/store:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/util/filesystem:go_default_library",
         "//plugin/pkg/scheduler/schedulercache:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/golang.org/x/net/context:go_default_library",
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ go_test(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubelet/util/store:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/util/filesystem:go_default_library",
         "//plugin/pkg/scheduler/schedulercache:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/require:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/manager.go
index db28e36d5d6..dea81c1f1b7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/manager.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package deviceplugin
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -38,6 +37,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/config"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/lifecycle"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/metrics"
+	utilstore "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/store"
+	utilfs "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/filesystem"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/scheduler/schedulercache"
 )
 
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ type ManagerImpl struct {
 
 	// podDevices contains pod to allocated device mapping.
 	podDevices podDevices
+	store      utilstore.Store
 }
 
 type sourcesReadyStub struct{}
@@ -114,6 +116,11 @@ func newManagerImpl(socketPath string) (*ManagerImpl, error) {
 	// Before that, initializes them to perform no-op operations.
 	manager.activePods = func() []*v1.Pod { return []*v1.Pod{} }
 	manager.sourcesReady = &sourcesReadyStub{}
+	var err error
+	manager.store, err = utilstore.NewFileStore(dir, utilfs.DefaultFs{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize device plugin checkpointing store: %+v", err)
+	}
 
 	return manager, nil
 }
@@ -418,22 +425,27 @@ func (m *ManagerImpl) writeCheckpoint() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	filepath := m.checkpointFile()
-	return ioutil.WriteFile(filepath, dataJSON, 0644)
+	err = m.store.Write(kubeletDevicePluginCheckpoint, dataJSON)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write deviceplugin checkpoint file %q: %v", kubeletDevicePluginCheckpoint, err)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // Reads device to container allocation information from disk, and populates
 // m.allocatedDevices accordingly.
 func (m *ManagerImpl) readCheckpoint() error {
-	filepath := m.checkpointFile()
-	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath)
-	if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read checkpoint file %q: %v", filepath, err)
+	content, err := m.store.Read(kubeletDevicePluginCheckpoint)
+	if err != nil {
+		if err == utilstore.ErrKeyNotFound {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read checkpoint file %q: %v", kubeletDevicePluginCheckpoint, err)
 	}
-	glog.V(2).Infof("Read checkpoint file %s\n", filepath)
+	glog.V(4).Infof("Read checkpoint file %s\n", kubeletDevicePluginCheckpoint)
 	var data checkpointData
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(content, &data); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal checkpoint data: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal deviceplugin checkpoint data: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	m.mutex.Lock()
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/manager_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/manager_test.go
index 7cd9a1aa9f1..71d7324e46e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/deviceplugin/manager_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/lifecycle"
+	utilstore "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/store"
+	utilfs "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/filesystem"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/scheduler/schedulercache"
 )
 
@@ -265,6 +267,7 @@ func TestCheckpoint(t *testing.T) {
 		allocatedDevices: make(map[string]sets.String),
 		podDevices:       make(podDevices),
 	}
+	testManager.store, _ = utilstore.NewFileStore("/tmp/", utilfs.DefaultFs{})
 
 	testManager.podDevices.insert("pod1", "con1", resourceName1,
 		constructDevices([]string{"dev1", "dev2"}),
@@ -394,6 +397,7 @@ func TestPodContainerDeviceAllocation(t *testing.T) {
 		activePods:       podsStub.getActivePods,
 		sourcesReady:     &sourcesReadyStub{},
 	}
+	testManager.store, _ = utilstore.NewFileStore("/tmp/", utilfs.DefaultFs{})
 
 	testManager.allDevices[resourceName1] = sets.NewString()
 	testManager.allDevices[resourceName1].Insert(devID1)
@@ -621,6 +625,7 @@ func TestSanitizeNodeAllocatable(t *testing.T) {
 		allocatedDevices: make(map[string]sets.String),
 		podDevices:       make(podDevices),
 	}
+	testManager.store, _ = utilstore.NewFileStore("/tmp/", utilfs.DefaultFs{})
 	// require one of resource1 and one of resource2
 	testManager.allocatedDevices[resourceName1] = sets.NewString()
 	testManager.allocatedDevices[resourceName1].Insert(devID1)