diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go
index c3909b1c7f4..53f375392b6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ type kubenetNetworkPlugin struct {
 	netConfig       *libcni.NetworkConfig
 	loConfig        *libcni.NetworkConfig
 	cniConfig       libcni.CNI
-	bandwidthShaper bandwidth.BandwidthShaper
+	bandwidthShaper bandwidth.Shaper
 	mu              sync.Mutex //Mutex for protecting podIPs map, netConfig, and shaper initialization
 	podIPs          map[kubecontainer.ContainerID]string
 	mtu             int
diff --git a/pkg/util/bandwidth/linux.go b/pkg/util/bandwidth/linux.go
index 725c2557e8a..f01e7cc02f9 100644
--- a/pkg/util/bandwidth/linux.go
+++ b/pkg/util/bandwidth/linux.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/klog"
 )
 
-// tcShaper provides an implementation of the BandwidthShaper interface on Linux using the 'tc' tool.
+// tcShaper provides an implementation of the Shaper interface on Linux using the 'tc' tool.
 // In general, using this requires that the caller posses the NET_CAP_ADMIN capability, though if you
 // do this within an container, it only requires the NS_CAPABLE capability for manipulations to that
 // container's network namespace.
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type tcShaper struct {
 }
 
 // NewTCShaper makes a new tcShaper for the given interface
-func NewTCShaper(iface string) BandwidthShaper {
+func NewTCShaper(iface string) Shaper {
 	shaper := &tcShaper{
 		e:     exec.New(),
 		iface: iface,