diff --git a/test/e2e_node/cgroup_manager_test.go b/test/e2e_node/cgroup_manager_test.go
index ba62f9df2d3..bf20dc8f2d4 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/cgroup_manager_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/cgroup_manager_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
 
-var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Kubelet Cgroup Manager", func() {
+var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Kubelet Cgroup Manager [Skip]", func() {
 	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("kubelet-cgroup-manager")
 	Describe("QOS containers", func() {
 		Context("On enabling QOS cgroup hierarchy", func() {
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/e2e_service.go b/test/e2e_node/e2e_service.go
index ed1845b7272..45aa8906dd5 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/e2e_service.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/e2e_service.go
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ func (es *e2eService) startKubeletServer() (*killCmd, error) {
 		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs,
 			"--runtime-cgroups=/docker-daemon",
 			"--kubelet-cgroups=/kubelet",
+			"--cgroup-root=/",
+			"--system-cgroups=/system",
 		)
 	}
 	cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs,
@@ -273,7 +275,6 @@ func (es *e2eService) startKubeletServer() (*killCmd, error) {
 	if es.cgroupsPerQOS {
 		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs,
 			"--cgroups-per-qos", "true",
-			"--cgroup-root", "/",
 		)
 	}
 	if !*disableKubenet {
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci.properties
index c38e85c68a1..8bdd9f2bc01 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci.properties
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ GCE_PROJECT=kubernetes-jenkins
 CLEANUP=true
 GINKGO_FLAGS='--skip="\[Flaky\]|\[Serial\]"'
 SETUP_NODE=false
-TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=true
+TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=false
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-pull.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-pull.properties
index e766adb9585..2381306a7d5 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-pull.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-pull.properties
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ GCE_PROJECT=k8s-jkns-pr-node-e2e
 CLEANUP=true
 GINKGO_FLAGS='--skip="\[Flaky\]|\[Slow\]|\[Serial\]" --flakeAttempts=2'
 SETUP_NODE=false
-TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=true
+TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=false
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial.properties
index ca922d43f7a..63a1105a664 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial.properties
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ GCE_PROJECT=kubernetes-jenkins
 CLEANUP=true
 GINKGO_FLAGS='--focus="\[Serial\]" --skip="\[Flaky\]"'
 SETUP_NODE=false
-TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=true
+TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=false
 PARALLELISM=1
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/template.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/template.properties
index a15c9595564..1cb4c20e308 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/template.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/template.properties
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ CLEANUP=true
 # If true, current user will be added to the docker group on test node
 SETUP_NODE=false
 # If true QoS Cgroup Hierarchy is created and tests specifc to the cgroup hierarchy run
-TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=true
+TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=false