diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
index b493d9c773f..10011075255 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ import (
 	nodeutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/node"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/oom"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/resourcecontainer"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/rlimit"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version"
@@ -688,7 +689,7 @@ func RunKubelet(kcfg *KubeletConfig) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create kubelet: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	resourcecontainer.ApplyRLimitForSelf(kcfg.MaxOpenFiles)
+	rlimit.RlimitNumFiles(kcfg.MaxOpenFiles)
 
 	// TODO(dawnchen): remove this once we deprecated old debian containervm images.
 	// This is a workaround for issue: https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/726
diff --git a/pkg/util/resourcecontainer/resource_container_linux.go b/pkg/util/resourcecontainer/resource_container_linux.go
index 6ea75b2eb3a..dc8e1909a94 100644
--- a/pkg/util/resourcecontainer/resource_container_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/util/resourcecontainer/resource_container_linux.go
@@ -43,7 +43,3 @@ func RunInResourceContainer(containerName string) error {
 
 	return manager.Apply(os.Getpid())
 }
-
-func ApplyRLimitForSelf(maxOpenFiles uint64) {
-	syscall.Setrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &syscall.Rlimit{Max: maxOpenFiles, Cur: maxOpenFiles})
-}
diff --git a/pkg/util/resourcecontainer/resource_container_unsupported.go b/pkg/util/resourcecontainer/resource_container_unsupported.go
index 0bfb79bb591..da471312651 100644
--- a/pkg/util/resourcecontainer/resource_container_unsupported.go
+++ b/pkg/util/resourcecontainer/resource_container_unsupported.go
@@ -25,7 +25,3 @@ import (
 func RunInResourceContainer(containerName string) error {
 	return errors.New("resource-only containers unsupported in this platform")
 }
-
-func ApplyRLimitForSelf(maxOpenFiles uint64) error {
-	return errors.New("SetRLimit unsupported in this platform")
-}
diff --git a/pkg/util/rlimit/rlimit_linux.go b/pkg/util/rlimit/rlimit_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c7d383d8090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/rlimit/rlimit_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// +build linux
+
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package rlimit
+
+import (
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+func RlimitNumFiles(maxOpenFiles uint64) {
+	syscall.Setrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &syscall.Rlimit{Max: maxOpenFiles, Cur: maxOpenFiles})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/rlimit/rlimit_unsupported.go b/pkg/util/rlimit/rlimit_unsupported.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6759681b36f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/rlimit/rlimit_unsupported.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// +build !linux
+
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package rlimit
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+)
+
+func RlimitNumFiles(maxOpenFiles uint64) error {
+	return errors.New("SetRLimit unsupported in this platform")
+}