diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/helpers_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/helpers_linux.go
index dba38022d25..ae69406b7a1 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/helpers_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/helpers_linux.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (i *imageFsInfoProvider) ImageFsInfoLabel() (string, error) {
 		// This is a temporary workaround to get stats for cri-o from cadvisor
 		// and should be removed.
 		// Related to https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/51798
-		if i.runtimeEndpoint == CrioSocket {
+		if i.runtimeEndpoint == CrioSocket || i.runtimeEndpoint == "unix://"+CrioSocket {
 			return cadvisorfs.LabelCrioImages, nil
 		}
 	}