diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 9d009ac35e6..d3e61681b76 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -2213,7 +2213,12 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) ListenAndServeReadOnly(address net.IP, port uint, enableCAdvi
 
 // ListenAndServePodResources runs the kubelet podresources grpc service
 func (kl *Kubelet) ListenAndServePodResources() {
-	server.ListenAndServePodResources(util.LocalEndpoint(kl.getPodResourcesDir(), podresources.Socket), kl.podManager, kl.containerManager)
+	socket, err := util.LocalEndpoint(kl.getPodResourcesDir(), podresources.Socket)
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("Failed to get local endpoint for PodResources endpoint: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	server.ListenAndServePodResources(socket, kl.podManager, kl.containerManager)
 }
 
 // Delete the eligible dead container instances in a pod. Depending on the configuration, the latest dead containers may be kept around.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/util/util_unix.go b/pkg/kubelet/util/util_unix.go
index 05840582fdd..8dbc1399e31 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/util/util_unix.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/util/util_unix.go
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ func parseEndpoint(endpoint string) (string, string, error) {
 }
 
 // LocalEndpoint returns the full path to a unix socket at the given endpoint
-func LocalEndpoint(path, file string) string {
+func LocalEndpoint(path, file string) (string, error) {
 	u := url.URL{
 		Scheme: unixProtocol,
 		Path:   path,
 	}
-	return filepath.Join(u.String(), file+".sock")
+	return filepath.Join(u.String(), file+".sock"), nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/util/util_unsupported.go b/pkg/kubelet/util/util_unsupported.go
index b7fd1b11c76..6e2ccb391e4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/util/util_unsupported.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/util/util_unsupported.go
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ func UnlockPath(fileHandles []uintptr) {
 }
 
 // LocalEndpoint empty implementation
-func LocalEndpoint(path, file string) string {
-	return ""
+func LocalEndpoint(path, file string) (string, error) {
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("LocalEndpoints are unsupported in this build")
 }
 
 // GetBootTime empty implementation
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/util/util_windows.go b/pkg/kubelet/util/util_windows.go
index 2028b3f75a2..338bd36d48b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/util/util_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/util/util_windows.go
@@ -107,13 +107,9 @@ func parseEndpoint(endpoint string) (string, string, error) {
 	}
 }
 
-// LocalEndpoint returns the full path to a windows named pipe
-func LocalEndpoint(path, file string) string {
-	u := url.URL{
-		Scheme: npipeProtocol,
-		Path:   path,
-	}
-	return u.String() + "//./pipe/" + file
+// LocalEndpoint empty implementation
+func LocalEndpoint(path, file string) (string, error) {
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("LocalEndpoints are unsupported in this build")
 }
 
 var tickCount = syscall.NewLazyDLL("kernel32.dll").NewProc("GetTickCount64")
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/util.go b/test/e2e_node/util.go
index 9db6272f016..c44f28c6f8b 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/util.go
@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ func getNodeSummary() (*stats.Summary, error) {
 }
 
 func getNodeDevices() (*podresourcesapi.ListPodResourcesResponse, error) {
-	endpoint := util.LocalEndpoint(defaultPodResourcesPath, podresources.Socket)
+	endpoint, err := util.LocalEndpoint(defaultPodResourcesPath, podresources.Socket)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error getting local endpoint: %v", err)
+	}
 	client, conn, err := podresources.GetClient(endpoint, defaultPodResourcesTimeout, defaultPodResourcesMaxSize)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error getting grpc client: %v", err)