diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go
index 7657dcca15e..c210dc2f605 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func (m *cgroupManagerImpl) Exists(name CgroupName) bool {
 	// scoped to the set control groups it understands.  this is being discussed
 	// in https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/1440
 	// once resolved, we can remove this code.
-	whitelistControllers := sets.NewString("cpu", "cpuacct", "cpuset", "memory", "hugetlb", "systemd")
+	whitelistControllers := sets.NewString("cpu", "cpuacct", "cpuset", "memory", "systemd")
 
 	// If even one cgroup path doesn't exist, then the cgroup doesn't exist.
 	for controller, path := range cgroupPaths {