diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go
index 977fb5b29f7..3e8b60d9d16 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ func (m *cgroupManagerImpl) Update(cgroupConfig *CgroupConfig) error {
 		libcontainerCgroupConfig.Path = cgroupConfig.Name.ToCgroupfs()
 	}
 
-	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(kubefeatures.SupportPodPidsLimit) && cgroupConfig.ResourceParameters.PodPidsLimit != nil {
+	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(kubefeatures.SupportPodPidsLimit) && cgroupConfig.ResourceParameters != nil && cgroupConfig.ResourceParameters.PodPidsLimit != nil {
 		libcontainerCgroupConfig.PidsLimit = *cgroupConfig.ResourceParameters.PodPidsLimit
 	}
 
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ func (m *cgroupManagerImpl) Create(cgroupConfig *CgroupConfig) error {
 		libcontainerCgroupConfig.Path = cgroupConfig.Name.ToCgroupfs()
 	}
 
-	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(kubefeatures.SupportPodPidsLimit) && cgroupConfig.ResourceParameters.PodPidsLimit != nil {
+	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(kubefeatures.SupportPodPidsLimit) && cgroupConfig.ResourceParameters != nil && cgroupConfig.ResourceParameters.PodPidsLimit != nil {
 		libcontainerCgroupConfig.PidsLimit = *cgroupConfig.ResourceParameters.PodPidsLimit
 	}