diff --git a/hack/.golint_failures b/hack/.golint_failures
index 6562fe7d245..2dd3883d24f 100644
--- a/hack/.golint_failures
+++ b/hack/.golint_failures
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ pkg/kubectl/cmd/wait
 pkg/kubectl/metricsutil
 pkg/kubectl/util
 pkg/kubectl/util/slice
+pkg/kubelet
 pkg/kubelet/apis
 pkg/kubelet/apis/config
 pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1