diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
index f9ecdb30607..42082fb1c23 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
@@ -263,7 +263,14 @@ func UnsecuredKubeletConfig(s *options.KubeletServer) (*KubeletConfig, error) {
 // Otherwise, the caller is assumed to have set up the KubeletConfig object and all defaults
 // will be ignored.
 func Run(s *options.KubeletServer, kcfg *KubeletConfig) error {
-	var err error
+	err := run(s, kcfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Failed running kubelet: %v", err)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func run(s *options.KubeletServer, kcfg *KubeletConfig) (err error) {
 	if s.LockFilePath != "" {
 		glog.Infof("aquiring lock on %q", s.LockFilePath)
 		if err := flock.Acquire(s.LockFilePath); err != nil {