diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/BUILD
index ee585aa56d8..aac19d33c8e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/BUILD
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubelet/status:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/sysctl:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/types:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubelet/util:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/util/format:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/util/queue:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/util/sliceutils:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status.go
index 062355b21be..65e92e4784d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/events"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/sliceutils"
 	nodeutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/node"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version"
@@ -349,7 +350,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) tryUpdateNodeStatus(tryNumber int) error {
 	// If it result in a conflict, all retries are served directly from etcd.
 	opts := metav1.GetOptions{}
 	if tryNumber == 0 {
-		opts.ResourceVersion = "0"
+		util.FromApiserverCache(&opts)
 	}
 	node, err := kl.kubeClient.Core().Nodes().Get(string(kl.nodeName), opts)
 	if err != nil {