diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy.go
index ac5bfa443e7..7ffa0a79f10 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy.go
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ type Policy interface {
 	//Returns Policy Name
 	Name() string
 	//Returns Pod Admit Handler Response based on hints and policy type
-	CanAdmitPodResult(admit bool) lifecycle.PodAdmitResult
+	CanAdmitPodResult(hint *TopologyHint) lifecycle.PodAdmitResult
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_best_effort.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_best_effort.go
index 0dc7e83aa09..b5f81b2fdb4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_best_effort.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_best_effort.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func (p *bestEffortPolicy) Name() string {
 	return PolicyBestEffort
 }
 
-func (p *bestEffortPolicy) CanAdmitPodResult(admit bool) lifecycle.PodAdmitResult {
+func (p *bestEffortPolicy) CanAdmitPodResult(hint *TopologyHint) lifecycle.PodAdmitResult {
 	return lifecycle.PodAdmitResult{
 		Admit: true,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_best_effort_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_best_effort_test.go
index 0de12121d1f..2fea3df9920 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_best_effort_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_best_effort_test.go
@@ -23,25 +23,24 @@ import (
 func TestPolicyBestEffortCanAdmitPodResult(t *testing.T) {
 	tcases := []struct {
 		name     string
-		admit    bool
+		hint     TopologyHint
 		expected bool
 	}{
 		{
-			name:     "Affinity is set to false in topology hints",
-			admit:    false,
+			name:     "Preferred is set to false in topology hints",
+			hint:     TopologyHint{nil, false},
 			expected: true,
 		},
 		{
-			name:     "Affinity is set to true in topology hints",
-			admit:    true,
+			name:     "Preferred is set to true in topology hints",
+			hint:     TopologyHint{nil, true},
 			expected: true,
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tcases {
 		policy := NewBestEffortPolicy()
-		admit := tc.admit
-		result := policy.CanAdmitPodResult(admit)
+		result := policy.CanAdmitPodResult(&tc.hint)
 
 		if result.Admit != tc.expected {
 			t.Errorf("Expected Admit field in result to be %t, got %t", tc.expected, result.Admit)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_none.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_none.go
index ae46bc37a6a..aacdf19aa10 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_none.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_none.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func (p *nonePolicy) Name() string {
 	return PolicyNone
 }
 
-func (p *nonePolicy) CanAdmitPodResult(admit bool) lifecycle.PodAdmitResult {
+func (p *nonePolicy) CanAdmitPodResult(hint *TopologyHint) lifecycle.PodAdmitResult {
 	return lifecycle.PodAdmitResult{
 		Admit: true,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_none_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_none_test.go
index c45b1388bb4..c5d2842e66b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_none_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_none_test.go
@@ -41,25 +41,24 @@ func TestName(t *testing.T) {
 func TestPolicyNoneCanAdmitPodResult(t *testing.T) {
 	tcases := []struct {
 		name     string
-		admit    bool
+		hint TopologyHint
 		expected bool
 	}{
 		{
-			name:     "Affinity is set to false in topology hints",
-			admit:    false,
+			name:     "Preferred is set to false in topology hints",
+			hint:     TopologyHint{nil, false},
 			expected: true,
 		},
 		{
-			name:     "Affinity is set to true in topology hints",
-			admit:    true,
+			name:     "Preferred is set to true in topology hints",
+			hint:     TopologyHint{nil, true},
 			expected: true,
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tcases {
 		policy := NewNonePolicy()
-		admit := tc.admit
-		result := policy.CanAdmitPodResult(admit)
+		result := policy.CanAdmitPodResult(&tc.hint)
 
 		if result.Admit != tc.expected {
 			t.Errorf("Expected Admit field in result to be %t, got %t", tc.expected, result.Admit)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_restricted.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_restricted.go
index 63766ba7db9..7993675ce35 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_restricted.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_restricted.go
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ func (p *restrictedPolicy) Name() string {
 	return PolicyRestricted
 }
 
-func (p *restrictedPolicy) CanAdmitPodResult(admit bool) lifecycle.PodAdmitResult {
-	if !admit {
+func (p *restrictedPolicy) CanAdmitPodResult(hint *TopologyHint) lifecycle.PodAdmitResult {
+	if !hint.Preferred {
 		return lifecycle.PodAdmitResult{
 			Admit:   false,
 			Reason:  "Topology Affinity Error",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_restricted_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_restricted_test.go
index 66c4c806a2d..d011971632a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_restricted_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_restricted_test.go
@@ -23,25 +23,24 @@ import (
 func TestPolicyRestrictedCanAdmitPodResult(t *testing.T) {
 	tcases := []struct {
 		name     string
-		admit    bool
+		hint     TopologyHint
 		expected bool
 	}{
 		{
-			name:     "Affinity is set to false in topology hints",
-			admit:    false,
+			name:     "Preferred is set to false in topology hints",
+			hint:     TopologyHint{nil, false},
 			expected: false,
 		},
 		{
-			name:     "Affinity is set to true in topology hints",
-			admit:    true,
+			name:     "Preferred is set to true in topology hints",
+			hint:     TopologyHint{nil, true},
 			expected: true,
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tcases {
 		policy := NewRestrictedPolicy()
-		admit := tc.admit
-		result := policy.CanAdmitPodResult(admit)
+		result := policy.CanAdmitPodResult(&tc.hint)
 
 		if result.Admit != tc.expected {
 			t.Errorf("Expected Admit field in result to be %t, got %t", tc.expected, result.Admit)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager.go
index e912916c5ea..581e43e1949 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager.go
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ func (m *manager) Admit(attrs *lifecycle.PodAdmitAttributes) lifecycle.PodAdmitR
 	if pod.Status.QOSClass == v1.PodQOSGuaranteed {
 		for _, container := range append(pod.Spec.InitContainers, pod.Spec.Containers...) {
 			result := m.calculateAffinity(*pod, container)
-			admitPod := m.policy.CanAdmitPodResult(result.Preferred)
+			admitPod := m.policy.CanAdmitPodResult(&result)
 			if !admitPod.Admit {
 				return admitPod
 			}