diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
index d67b3a8cdfc..5517589859c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) generateRunCommand(pod *api.Pod, uuid, netnsName string) (stri
 		// TODO: switch to 'ip netns exec' once we can depend on a new
 		// enough version that doesn't have bugs like
 		// https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882047
-		nsenterExec := []string{r.nsenterPath, "--net=\"" + netnsPathFromName(netnsName) + "\"", "--"}
+		nsenterExec := []string{r.nsenterPath, "--net=" + netnsPathFromName(netnsName), "--"}
 		runPrepared = append(nsenterExec, runPrepared...)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go
index d9e858b901d..b6e3c02ae2d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ func TestGenerateRunCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			[]string{},
 			"pod-hostname-foo",
 			nil,
-			" --net=\"/var/run/netns/default\" -- /bin/rkt/rkt --insecure-options=image,ondisk --local-config=/var/rkt/local/data --dir=/var/data run-prepared --net=host --hostname=pod-hostname-foo rkt-uuid-foo",
+			" --net=/var/run/netns/default -- /bin/rkt/rkt --insecure-options=image,ondisk --local-config=/var/rkt/local/data --dir=/var/data run-prepared --net=host --hostname=pod-hostname-foo rkt-uuid-foo",
 		},
 		// Case #2, returns no dns, with host-net.
 		{
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ func TestGenerateRunCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			[]string{"."},
 			"pod-hostname-foo",
 			nil,
-			" --net=\"/var/run/netns/default\" -- /bin/rkt/rkt --insecure-options=image,ondisk --local-config=/var/rkt/local/data --dir=/var/data run-prepared --net=host --dns=127.0.0.1 --dns-search=. --dns-opt=ndots:5 --hostname=pod-hostname-foo rkt-uuid-foo",
+			" --net=/var/run/netns/default -- /bin/rkt/rkt --insecure-options=image,ondisk --local-config=/var/rkt/local/data --dir=/var/data run-prepared --net=host --dns=127.0.0.1 --dns-search=. --dns-opt=ndots:5 --hostname=pod-hostname-foo rkt-uuid-foo",
 		},
 		// Case #4, returns no dns, dns searches, with host-network.
 		{