diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
index 9d7c65609cc..7500510e3b6 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, s *options.KubeletServer, kubeDeps *kubelet.Depend
 				RuntimeCgroupsName:    s.RuntimeCgroups,
 				SystemCgroupsName:     s.SystemCgroups,
 				KubeletCgroupsName:    s.KubeletCgroups,
+				KubeletOOMScoreAdj:    s.OOMScoreAdj,
 				CgroupsPerQOS:         s.CgroupsPerQOS,
 				CgroupRoot:            s.CgroupRoot,
 				CgroupDriver:          s.CgroupDriver,
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager.go
index 5dbe856094c..e67dbfc3daa 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager.go
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ type NodeConfig struct {
 	RuntimeCgroupsName    string
 	SystemCgroupsName     string
 	KubeletCgroupsName    string
+	KubeletOOMScoreAdj    int32
 	ContainerRuntime      string
 	CgroupsPerQOS         bool
 	CgroupRoot            string
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
index 82de5edb0e8..b368270c2e5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ import (
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/lifecycle"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/pluginmanager/cache"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/qos"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/stats/pidlimit"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/status"
 	schedulerframework "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework"
@@ -501,12 +500,12 @@ func (cm *containerManagerImpl) setupNode(activePods ActivePodsFunc) error {
 		}
 
 		cont.ensureStateFunc = func(_ cgroups.Manager) error {
-			return ensureProcessInContainerWithOOMScore(os.Getpid(), qos.KubeletOOMScoreAdj, cont.manager)
+			return ensureProcessInContainerWithOOMScore(os.Getpid(), int(cm.KubeletOOMScoreAdj), cont.manager)
 		}
 		systemContainers = append(systemContainers, cont)
 	} else {
 		cm.periodicTasks = append(cm.periodicTasks, func() {
-			if err := ensureProcessInContainerWithOOMScore(os.Getpid(), qos.KubeletOOMScoreAdj, nil); err != nil {
+			if err := ensureProcessInContainerWithOOMScore(os.Getpid(), int(cm.KubeletOOMScoreAdj), nil); err != nil {
 				klog.ErrorS(err, "Failed to ensure process in container with oom score")
 				return
 			}