diff --git a/cmd/kubemark/hollow-node.go b/cmd/kubemark/hollow-node.go
index 79e110e634f..655d2a33ed6 100644
--- a/cmd/kubemark/hollow-node.go
+++ b/cmd/kubemark/hollow-node.go
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ type HollowNodeConfig struct {
 	ServerPort          int
 }
 
+const (
+	maxPods = 110
+)
+
 var knownMorphs = sets.NewString("kubelet", "proxy")
 
 func (c *HollowNodeConfig) addFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
@@ -110,6 +114,7 @@ func main() {
 			config.KubeletPort,
 			config.KubeletReadOnlyPort,
 			containerManager,
+			maxPods,
 		)
 		hollowKubelet.Run()
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubemark/hollow_kubelet.go b/pkg/kubemark/hollow_kubelet.go
index 2bd6ba6c495..3ea315e231d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubemark/hollow_kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubemark/hollow_kubelet.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ func NewHollowKubelet(
 	dockerClient dockertools.DockerInterface,
 	kubeletPort, kubeletReadOnlyPort int,
 	containerManager cm.ContainerManager,
+	maxPods int,
 ) *HollowKubelet {
 	testRootDir := integration.MakeTempDirOrDie("hollow-kubelet.", "")
 	manifestFilePath := integration.MakeTempDirOrDie("manifest", testRootDir)
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ func NewHollowKubelet(
 			10*time.Second,         /* NodeStatusUpdateFrequency */
 			10*time.Second,         /* SyncFrequency */
 			5*time.Minute,          /* OutOfDiskTransitionFrequency */
-			40,                     /* MaxPods */
+			maxPods,
 			containerManager,
 			nil,
 		),