diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 6b1dbdc081e..8636f866638 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	sysruntime "runtime"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -775,8 +776,11 @@ func NewMainKubelet(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration,
 		opt(klet)
 	}
 
-	klet.appArmorValidator = apparmor.NewValidator(containerRuntime)
-	klet.softAdmitHandlers.AddPodAdmitHandler(lifecycle.NewAppArmorAdmitHandler(klet.appArmorValidator))
+	if sysruntime.GOOS == "linux" {
+		// AppArmor is a Linux kernel security module and it does not support other operating systems.
+		klet.appArmorValidator = apparmor.NewValidator(containerRuntime)
+		klet.softAdmitHandlers.AddPodAdmitHandler(lifecycle.NewAppArmorAdmitHandler(klet.appArmorValidator))
+	}
 	klet.softAdmitHandlers.AddPodAdmitHandler(lifecycle.NewNoNewPrivsAdmitHandler(klet.containerRuntime))
 	klet.softAdmitHandlers.AddPodAdmitHandler(lifecycle.NewProcMountAdmitHandler(klet.containerRuntime))