diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
index 8ac37d97292..95cf9ac584c 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
@@ -252,8 +252,6 @@ HTTP server: The kubelet can also listen for HTTP and respond to a simple API
 			if err := checkPermissions(); err != nil {
 				klog.ErrorS(err, "kubelet running with insufficient permissions")
 			}
-			// set up signal context here in order to be reused by kubelet and docker shim
-			ctx := genericapiserver.SetupSignalContext()
 
 			// make the kubelet's config safe for logging
 			config := kubeletServer.KubeletConfiguration.DeepCopy()
@@ -263,6 +261,9 @@ HTTP server: The kubelet can also listen for HTTP and respond to a simple API
 			// log the kubelet's config for inspection
 			klog.V(5).InfoS("KubeletConfiguration", "configuration", config)
 
+			// set up signal context here in order to be reused by kubelet
+			ctx := genericapiserver.SetupSignalContext()
+
 			// run the kubelet
 			return Run(ctx, kubeletServer, kubeletDeps, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate)
 		},