diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server.go
index f39e2b26ce0..63ac1b9470c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 // DevicesProvider knows how to provide the devices used by the given container
 type DevicesProvider interface {
 	GetDevices(podUID, containerName string) []*v1alpha1.ContainerDevices
+	UpdateAllocatedDevices()
 }
 
 // PodsProvider knows how to provide the pods admitted by the node
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ func NewPodResourcesServer(podsProvider PodsProvider, devicesProvider DevicesPro
 func (p *podResourcesServer) List(ctx context.Context, req *v1alpha1.ListPodResourcesRequest) (*v1alpha1.ListPodResourcesResponse, error) {
 	pods := p.podsProvider.GetPods()
 	podResources := make([]*v1alpha1.PodResources, len(pods))
+	p.devicesProvider.UpdateAllocatedDevices()
 
 	for i, pod := range pods {
 		pRes := v1alpha1.PodResources{
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_test.go
index 60c14d4c954..b292667e0ab 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ func (m *mockProvider) GetDevices(podUID, containerName string) []*v1alpha1.Cont
 	return args.Get(0).([]*v1alpha1.ContainerDevices)
 }
 
+func (m *mockProvider) UpdateAllocatedDevices() {
+	m.Called()
+}
+
 func TestListPodResources(t *testing.T) {
 	podName := "pod-name"
 	podNamespace := "pod-namespace"
@@ -140,6 +144,7 @@ func TestListPodResources(t *testing.T) {
 			m := new(mockProvider)
 			m.On("GetPods").Return(tc.pods)
 			m.On("GetDevices", string(podUID), containerName).Return(tc.devices)
+			m.On("UpdateAllocatedDevices").Return()
 			server := NewPodResourcesServer(m, m)
 			resp, err := server.List(context.TODO(), &v1alpha1.ListPodResourcesRequest{})
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager.go
index b91102f6a5c..caa3de666c7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager.go
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ type ContainerManager interface {
 
 	// GetTopologyPodAdmitHandler returns an instance of the TopologyManager for Pod Admission
 	GetTopologyPodAdmitHandler() topologymanager.Manager
+
+	// UpdateAllocatedDevices frees any Devices that are bound to terminated pods.
+	UpdateAllocatedDevices()
 }
 
 type NodeConfig struct {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
index c4056941aa0..d5df6f18c50 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
@@ -946,3 +946,7 @@ func (cm *containerManagerImpl) GetDevices(podUID, containerName string) []*podr
 func (cm *containerManagerImpl) ShouldResetExtendedResourceCapacity() bool {
 	return cm.deviceManager.ShouldResetExtendedResourceCapacity()
 }
+
+func (cm *containerManagerImpl) UpdateAllocatedDevices() {
+	cm.deviceManager.UpdateAllocatedDevices()
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_stub.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_stub.go
index 7d6a214f4b7..c21e8cce0dc 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_stub.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_stub.go
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ func (cm *containerManagerStub) GetTopologyPodAdmitHandler() topologymanager.Man
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (cm *containerManagerStub) UpdateAllocatedDevices() {
+	return
+}
+
 func NewStubContainerManager() ContainerManager {
 	return &containerManagerStub{shouldResetExtendedResourceCapacity: false}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_windows.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_windows.go
index e4a88b86b9b..13271b98c91 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_windows.go
@@ -181,3 +181,7 @@ func (cm *containerManagerImpl) ShouldResetExtendedResourceCapacity() bool {
 func (cm *containerManagerImpl) GetTopologyPodAdmitHandler() topologymanager.Manager {
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (cm *containerManagerImpl) UpdateAllocatedDevices() {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/manager.go
index 212ad75f048..4b5838ae033 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/manager.go
@@ -597,9 +597,9 @@ func (m *ManagerImpl) readCheckpoint() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// updateAllocatedDevices gets a list of active pods and then frees any Devices that are bound to
-// terminated pods. Returns error on failure.
-func (m *ManagerImpl) updateAllocatedDevices(activePods []*v1.Pod) {
+// UpdateAllocatedDevices frees any Devices that are bound to terminated pods.
+func (m *ManagerImpl) UpdateAllocatedDevices() {
+	activePods := m.activePods()
 	if !m.sourcesReady.AllReady() {
 		return
 	}
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ func (m *ManagerImpl) allocateContainerResources(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Cont
 		// Updates allocatedDevices to garbage collect any stranded resources
 		// before doing the device plugin allocation.
 		if !allocatedDevicesUpdated {
-			m.updateAllocatedDevices(m.activePods())
+			m.UpdateAllocatedDevices()
 			allocatedDevicesUpdated = true
 		}
 		allocDevices, err := m.devicesToAllocate(podUID, contName, resource, needed, devicesToReuse[resource])
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ func (m *ManagerImpl) allocateContainerResources(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Cont
 		// Manager.Allocate involves RPC calls to device plugin, which
 		// could be heavy-weight. Therefore we want to perform this operation outside
 		// mutex lock. Note if Allocate call fails, we may leave container resources
-		// partially allocated for the failed container. We rely on updateAllocatedDevices()
+		// partially allocated for the failed container. We rely on UpdateAllocatedDevices()
 		// to garbage collect these resources later. Another side effect is that if
 		// we have X resource A and Y resource B in total, and two containers, container1
 		// and container2 both require X resource A and Y resource B. Both allocation
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/manager_stub.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/manager_stub.go
index f35e0c74a4b..4301c7dc3b9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/manager_stub.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/manager_stub.go
@@ -78,3 +78,8 @@ func (h *ManagerStub) GetDevices(_, _ string) []*podresourcesapi.ContainerDevice
 func (h *ManagerStub) ShouldResetExtendedResourceCapacity() bool {
 	return false
 }
+
+// UpdateAllocatedDevices returns nothing
+func (h *ManagerStub) UpdateAllocatedDevices() {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/topology_hints.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/topology_hints.go
index b8ea54ef87e..971b6fcd637 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/topology_hints.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/topology_hints.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 // container are created.
 func (m *ManagerImpl) GetTopologyHints(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint {
 	// Garbage collect any stranded device resources before providing TopologyHints
-	m.updateAllocatedDevices(m.activePods())
+	m.UpdateAllocatedDevices()
 
 	// Loop through all device resources and generate TopologyHints for them..
 	deviceHints := make(map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/types.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/types.go
index 4f6351410bb..1b76a89a1df 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/types.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/types.go
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ type Manager interface {
 	// TopologyManager HintProvider provider indicates the Device Manager implements the Topology Manager Interface
 	// and is consulted to make Topology aware resource alignments
 	GetTopologyHints(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint
+
+	// UpdateAllocatedDevices frees any Devices that are bound to terminated pods.
+	UpdateAllocatedDevices()
 }
 
 // DeviceRunContainerOptions contains the combined container runtime settings to consume its allocated devices.