diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 9085c720efe..4f897185166 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -3568,7 +3568,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) generateAPIPodStatus(pod *api.Pod, podStatus *kubecontainer.P
 	})
 
 	if !kl.standaloneMode {
-		hostIP, err := kl.GetHostIP()
+		hostIP, err := kl.getHostIPAnyWay()
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.V(4).Infof("Cannot get host IP: %v", err)
 		} else {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_getters.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_getters.go
index 6c594f53733..5032ebf80f1 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_getters.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_getters.go
@@ -218,3 +218,12 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) GetHostIP() (net.IP, error) {
 	}
 	return nodeutil.GetNodeHostIP(node)
 }
+
+// getHostIPAnyway attempts to return the host IP from kubelet's nodeInfo, or the initialNodeStatus
+func (kl *Kubelet) getHostIPAnyWay() (net.IP, error) {
+	node, err := kl.getNodeAnyWay()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return nodeutil.GetNodeHostIP(node)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
index bbbcf20ec71..025d97ba92e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
@@ -3724,6 +3724,10 @@ func TestPrivilegeContainerAllowed(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestPrivilegeContainerDisallowed(t *testing.T) {
 	testKubelet := newTestKubelet(t, false /* controllerAttachDetachEnabled */)
+	testKubelet.fakeCadvisor.On("VersionInfo").Return(&cadvisorapi.VersionInfo{}, nil)
+	testKubelet.fakeCadvisor.On("MachineInfo").Return(&cadvisorapi.MachineInfo{}, nil)
+	testKubelet.fakeCadvisor.On("ImagesFsInfo").Return(cadvisorapiv2.FsInfo{}, nil)
+	testKubelet.fakeCadvisor.On("RootFsInfo").Return(cadvisorapiv2.FsInfo{}, nil)
 	kubelet := testKubelet.kubelet
 
 	capabilities.SetForTests(capabilities.Capabilities{
@@ -4321,6 +4325,10 @@ func TestGetPodsToSync(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestGenerateAPIPodStatusWithSortedContainers(t *testing.T) {
 	testKubelet := newTestKubelet(t, false /* controllerAttachDetachEnabled */)
+	testKubelet.fakeCadvisor.On("VersionInfo").Return(&cadvisorapi.VersionInfo{}, nil)
+	testKubelet.fakeCadvisor.On("MachineInfo").Return(&cadvisorapi.MachineInfo{}, nil)
+	testKubelet.fakeCadvisor.On("ImagesFsInfo").Return(cadvisorapiv2.FsInfo{}, nil)
+	testKubelet.fakeCadvisor.On("RootFsInfo").Return(cadvisorapiv2.FsInfo{}, nil)
 	kubelet := testKubelet.kubelet
 	numContainers := 10
 	expectedOrder := []string{}
@@ -4385,6 +4393,10 @@ func TestGenerateAPIPodStatusWithReasonCache(t *testing.T) {
 	testErrorReason := fmt.Errorf("test-error")
 	emptyContainerID := (&kubecontainer.ContainerID{}).String()
 	testKubelet := newTestKubelet(t, false /* controllerAttachDetachEnabled */)
+	testKubelet.fakeCadvisor.On("VersionInfo").Return(&cadvisorapi.VersionInfo{}, nil)
+	testKubelet.fakeCadvisor.On("MachineInfo").Return(&cadvisorapi.MachineInfo{}, nil)
+	testKubelet.fakeCadvisor.On("ImagesFsInfo").Return(cadvisorapiv2.FsInfo{}, nil)
+	testKubelet.fakeCadvisor.On("RootFsInfo").Return(cadvisorapiv2.FsInfo{}, nil)
 	kubelet := testKubelet.kubelet
 	pod := podWithUidNameNs("12345678", "foo", "new")
 	pod.Spec = api.PodSpec{RestartPolicy: api.RestartPolicyOnFailure}
@@ -4570,6 +4582,10 @@ func TestGenerateAPIPodStatusWithDifferentRestartPolicies(t *testing.T) {
 	testErrorReason := fmt.Errorf("test-error")
 	emptyContainerID := (&kubecontainer.ContainerID{}).String()
 	testKubelet := newTestKubelet(t, false /* controllerAttachDetachEnabled */)
+	testKubelet.fakeCadvisor.On("VersionInfo").Return(&cadvisorapi.VersionInfo{}, nil)
+	testKubelet.fakeCadvisor.On("MachineInfo").Return(&cadvisorapi.MachineInfo{}, nil)
+	testKubelet.fakeCadvisor.On("ImagesFsInfo").Return(cadvisorapiv2.FsInfo{}, nil)
+	testKubelet.fakeCadvisor.On("RootFsInfo").Return(cadvisorapiv2.FsInfo{}, nil)
 	kubelet := testKubelet.kubelet
 	pod := podWithUidNameNs("12345678", "foo", "new")
 	containers := []api.Container{{Name: "succeed"}, {Name: "failed"}}