diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/network/hostport/hostport.go b/pkg/kubelet/network/hostport/hostport.go
index 374df8eb6c8..f62da6fa186 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/network/hostport/hostport.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/network/hostport/hostport.go
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ package hostport
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"net"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 	utiliptables "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/iptables"
 )
@@ -51,6 +52,31 @@ type PodPortMapping struct {
 	IP           net.IP
 }
 
+// ConstructPodPortMapping creates a PodPortMapping from the ports specified in the pod's
+// containers.
+func ConstructPodPortMapping(pod *v1.Pod, podIP net.IP) *PodPortMapping {
+	portMappings := make([]*PortMapping, 0)
+	for _, c := range pod.Spec.Containers {
+		for _, port := range c.Ports {
+			portMappings = append(portMappings, &PortMapping{
+				Name:          port.Name,
+				HostPort:      port.HostPort,
+				ContainerPort: port.ContainerPort,
+				Protocol:      port.Protocol,
+				HostIP:        port.HostIP,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &PodPortMapping{
+		Namespace:    pod.Namespace,
+		Name:         pod.Name,
+		PortMappings: portMappings,
+		HostNetwork:  pod.Spec.HostNetwork,
+		IP:           podIP,
+	}
+}
+
 type hostport struct {
 	port     int32
 	protocol string
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go
index 166dcabc8ad..ec51133ee45 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ func (plugin *kubenetNetworkPlugin) setup(namespace string, name string, id kube
 			return err
 		}
 
-		newPodPortMapping := constructPodPortMapping(pod, ip4)
+		newPodPortMapping := hostport.ConstructPodPortMapping(pod, ip4)
 		if err := plugin.hostportSyncer.OpenPodHostportsAndSync(newPodPortMapping, BridgeName, activePodPortMappings); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -638,35 +638,12 @@ func (plugin *kubenetNetworkPlugin) getPodPortMappings() ([]*hostport.PodPortMap
 			continue
 		}
 		if pod, ok := plugin.host.GetPodByName(p.Namespace, p.Name); ok {
-			activePodPortMappings = append(activePodPortMappings, constructPodPortMapping(pod, podIP))
+			activePodPortMappings = append(activePodPortMappings, hostport.ConstructPodPortMapping(pod, podIP))
 		}
 	}
 	return activePodPortMappings, nil
 }
 
-func constructPodPortMapping(pod *v1.Pod, podIP net.IP) *hostport.PodPortMapping {
-	portMappings := make([]*hostport.PortMapping, 0)
-	for _, c := range pod.Spec.Containers {
-		for _, port := range c.Ports {
-			portMappings = append(portMappings, &hostport.PortMapping{
-				Name:          port.Name,
-				HostPort:      port.HostPort,
-				ContainerPort: port.ContainerPort,
-				Protocol:      port.Protocol,
-				HostIP:        port.HostIP,
-			})
-		}
-	}
-
-	return &hostport.PodPortMapping{
-		Namespace:    pod.Namespace,
-		Name:         pod.Name,
-		PortMappings: portMappings,
-		HostNetwork:  pod.Spec.HostNetwork,
-		IP:           podIP,
-	}
-}
-
 // ipamGarbageCollection will release unused IP.
 // kubenet uses the CNI bridge plugin, which stores allocated ips on file. Each
 // file created under defaultIPAMDir has the format: ip/container-hash. So this