diff --git a/hack/.golint_failures b/hack/.golint_failures
index c028ddbbcc0..204d0b8de9e 100644
--- a/hack/.golint_failures
+++ b/hack/.golint_failures
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/testing
 pkg/kubelet/events
 pkg/kubelet/lifecycle
 pkg/kubelet/metrics
+pkg/kubelet/oom
 pkg/kubelet/pod
 pkg/kubelet/pod/testing
 pkg/kubelet/preemption
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/oom/oom_watcher_unsupported.go b/pkg/kubelet/oom/oom_watcher_unsupported.go
index 3dd83e8a765..b7f1530b17d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/oom/oom_watcher_unsupported.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/oom/oom_watcher_unsupported.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type oomWatcherUnsupported struct{}
 
 var _ OOMWatcher = new(oomWatcherUnsupported)
 
+// NewOOMWatcher creates a fake one here
 func NewOOMWatcher(_ record.EventRecorder) OOMWatcher {
 	return &oomWatcherUnsupported{}
 }