diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/claiminfo.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/claiminfo.go
index 7cf95d05604..9048c9bffbc 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/claiminfo.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/claiminfo.go
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ type ClaimInfo struct {
 // claimInfoCache is a cache of processed resource claims keyed by namespace/claimname.
 type claimInfoCache struct {
 	sync.RWMutex
-	state     state.CheckpointState
-	claimInfo map[string]*ClaimInfo
+	checkpointer state.Checkpointer
+	claimInfo    map[string]*ClaimInfo
 }
 
 // newClaimInfoFromClaim creates a new claim info from a resource claim.
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ func newClaimInfoFromState(state *state.ClaimInfoState) *ClaimInfo {
 }
 
 // setCDIDevices adds a set of CDI devices to the claim info.
-func (info *ClaimInfo) addDevice(driverName string, device state.Device) {
+func (info *ClaimInfo) addDevice(driverName string, deviceState state.Device) {
 	if info.DriverState == nil {
 		info.DriverState = make(map[string]state.DriverState)
 	}
 	driverState := info.DriverState[driverName]
-	driverState.Devices = append(driverState.Devices, device)
+	driverState.Devices = append(driverState.Devices, deviceState)
 	info.DriverState[driverName] = driverState
 }
 
@@ -113,22 +113,27 @@ func (info *ClaimInfo) isPrepared() bool {
 
 // newClaimInfoCache creates a new claim info cache object, pre-populated from a checkpoint (if present).
 func newClaimInfoCache(stateDir, checkpointName string) (*claimInfoCache, error) {
-	stateImpl, err := state.NewCheckpointState(stateDir, checkpointName)
+	checkpointer, err := state.NewCheckpointer(stateDir, checkpointName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not initialize checkpoint manager, please drain node and remove dra state file, err: %+v", err)
 	}
 
-	curState, err := stateImpl.GetOrCreate()
+	checkpoint, err := checkpointer.GetOrCreate()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error calling GetOrCreate() on checkpoint state: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	cache := &claimInfoCache{
-		state:     stateImpl,
-		claimInfo: make(map[string]*ClaimInfo),
+		checkpointer: checkpointer,
+		claimInfo:    make(map[string]*ClaimInfo),
 	}
 
-	for _, entry := range curState {
+	entries, err := checkpoint.GetClaimInfoStateList()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error calling GetEntries() on checkpoint: %w", err)
+
+	}
+	for _, entry := range entries {
 		info := newClaimInfoFromState(&entry)
 		cache.claimInfo[info.Namespace+"/"+info.ClaimName] = info
 	}
@@ -192,7 +197,11 @@ func (cache *claimInfoCache) syncToCheckpoint() error {
 	for _, infoClaim := range cache.claimInfo {
 		claimInfoStateList = append(claimInfoStateList, infoClaim.ClaimInfoState)
 	}
-	return cache.state.Store(claimInfoStateList)
+	checkpoint, err := state.NewCheckpoint(claimInfoStateList)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return cache.checkpointer.Store(checkpoint)
 }
 
 // cdiDevicesAsList returns a list of CDIDevices from the provided claim info.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/checkpoint.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/checkpoint.go
index 7cce6118182..bfbae956bbc 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/checkpoint.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/checkpoint.go
@@ -18,51 +18,90 @@ package state
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"hash/crc32"
 
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/checkpointmanager"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/checkpointmanager/checksum"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/checkpointmanager/errors"
 )
 
-var _ checkpointmanager.Checkpoint = &DRAManagerCheckpoint{}
+const (
+	CheckpointAPIGroup   = "checkpoint.dra.kubelet.k8s.io"
+	CheckpointKind       = "DRACheckpoint"
+	CheckpointAPIVersion = CheckpointAPIGroup + "/v1"
+)
 
-const checkpointVersion = "v1"
-
-// DRAManagerCheckpoint struct is used to store pod dynamic resources assignments in a checkpoint
-type DRAManagerCheckpoint struct {
-	Version  string             `json:"version"`
-	Entries  ClaimInfoStateList `json:"entries,omitempty"`
-	Checksum checksum.Checksum  `json:"checksum"`
+// Checkpoint represents a structure to store DRA checkpoint data
+type Checkpoint struct {
+	// Data is a JSON serialized checkpoint data
+	Data string
+	// Checksum is a checksum of Data
+	Checksum uint32
 }
 
-// List of claim info to store in checkpoint
-type ClaimInfoStateList []ClaimInfoState
+type CheckpointData struct {
+	metav1.TypeMeta
+	ClaimInfoStateList ClaimInfoStateList
+}
 
-// NewDRAManagerCheckpoint returns an instance of Checkpoint
-func NewDRAManagerCheckpoint() *DRAManagerCheckpoint {
-	return &DRAManagerCheckpoint{
-		Version: checkpointVersion,
-		Entries: ClaimInfoStateList{},
+// NewCheckpoint creates a new checkpoint from a list of claim info states
+func NewCheckpoint(data ClaimInfoStateList) (*Checkpoint, error) {
+	cpData := &CheckpointData{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			Kind:       CheckpointKind,
+			APIVersion: CheckpointAPIVersion,
+		},
+		ClaimInfoStateList: data,
 	}
+
+	cpDataBytes, err := json.Marshal(cpData)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	cp := &Checkpoint{
+		Data:     string(cpDataBytes),
+		Checksum: crc32.ChecksumIEEE(cpDataBytes),
+	}
+
+	return cp, nil
 }
 
-// MarshalCheckpoint returns marshalled checkpoint
-func (dc *DRAManagerCheckpoint) MarshalCheckpoint() ([]byte, error) {
-	// make sure checksum wasn't set before so it doesn't affect output checksum
-	dc.Checksum = 0
-	dc.Checksum = checksum.New(dc)
-	return json.Marshal(*dc)
+// MarshalCheckpoint marshals checkpoint to JSON
+func (cp *Checkpoint) MarshalCheckpoint() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(cp)
 }
 
-// UnmarshalCheckpoint tries to unmarshal passed bytes to checkpoint
-func (dc *DRAManagerCheckpoint) UnmarshalCheckpoint(blob []byte) error {
-	return json.Unmarshal(blob, dc)
+// UnmarshalCheckpoint unmarshals checkpoint from JSON
+// and verifies its data checksum
+func (cp *Checkpoint) UnmarshalCheckpoint(blob []byte) error {
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(blob, cp); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// verify checksum
+	if err := cp.VerifyChecksum(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
-// VerifyChecksum verifies that current checksum of checkpoint is valid
-func (dc *DRAManagerCheckpoint) VerifyChecksum() error {
-	ck := dc.Checksum
-	dc.Checksum = 0
-	err := ck.Verify(dc)
-	dc.Checksum = ck
-	return err
+// VerifyChecksum verifies that current checksum
+// of checkpointed Data is valid
+func (cp *Checkpoint) VerifyChecksum() error {
+	expectedCS := crc32.ChecksumIEEE([]byte(cp.Data))
+	if expectedCS != cp.Checksum {
+		return &errors.CorruptCheckpointError{ActualCS: uint64(cp.Checksum), ExpectedCS: uint64(expectedCS)}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// GetClaimInfoStateList returns list of claim info states from checkpoint
+func (cp *Checkpoint) GetClaimInfoStateList() (ClaimInfoStateList, error) {
+	var data CheckpointData
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(cp.Data), &data); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return data.ClaimInfoStateList, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/checkpointer.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/checkpointer.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62f98029f85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/checkpointer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package state
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/checkpointmanager"
+	checkpointerrors "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/checkpointmanager/errors"
+)
+
+type Checkpointer interface {
+	GetOrCreate() (*Checkpoint, error)
+	Store(*Checkpoint) error
+}
+
+type checkpointer struct {
+	sync.RWMutex
+	checkpointManager checkpointmanager.CheckpointManager
+	checkpointName    string
+}
+
+// NewCheckpointer creates new checkpointer for keeping track of claim info  with checkpoint backend
+func NewCheckpointer(stateDir, checkpointName string) (Checkpointer, error) {
+	if len(checkpointName) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("received empty string instead of checkpointName")
+	}
+
+	checkpointManager, err := checkpointmanager.NewCheckpointManager(stateDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize checkpoint manager: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	checkpointer := &checkpointer{
+		checkpointManager: checkpointManager,
+		checkpointName:    checkpointName,
+	}
+
+	return checkpointer, nil
+}
+
+// GetOrCreate gets list of claim info states from a checkpoint
+// or creates empty list if checkpoint doesn't exist
+func (sc *checkpointer) GetOrCreate() (*Checkpoint, error) {
+	sc.Lock()
+	defer sc.Unlock()
+
+	checkpoint, err := NewCheckpoint(nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create new checkpoint: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	err = sc.checkpointManager.GetCheckpoint(sc.checkpointName, checkpoint)
+	if errors.Is(err, checkpointerrors.ErrCheckpointNotFound) {
+		err = sc.store(checkpoint)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to store checkpoint %v: %w", sc.checkpointName, err)
+		}
+		return checkpoint, nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get checkpoint %v: %w", sc.checkpointName, err)
+	}
+
+	return checkpoint, nil
+}
+
+// Store stores checkpoint to the file
+func (sc *checkpointer) Store(checkpoint *Checkpoint) error {
+	sc.Lock()
+	defer sc.Unlock()
+
+	return sc.store(checkpoint)
+}
+
+// store saves state to a checkpoint, caller is responsible for locking
+func (sc *checkpointer) store(checkpoint *Checkpoint) error {
+	if err := sc.checkpointManager.CreateCheckpoint(sc.checkpointName, checkpoint); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not save checkpoint %s: %w", sc.checkpointName, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/checkpointer_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/checkpointer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a1290ae8e85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/checkpointer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,342 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package state
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/checkpointmanager"
+	testutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/state/testing"
+)
+
+const testingCheckpoint = "dramanager_checkpoint_test"
+
+// TODO (https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/123552): reconsider what data gets stored in checkpoints and whether that is really necessary.
+
+func TestCheckpointGetOrCreate(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		description                string
+		checkpointContent          string
+		expectedError              string
+		expectedClaimInfoStateList ClaimInfoStateList
+	}{
+		{
+			description:                "new-checkpoint",
+			expectedClaimInfoStateList: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			description:       "single-claim-info-state",
+			checkpointContent: `{"Data":"{\"kind\":\"DRACheckpoint\",\"apiVersion\":\"checkpoint.dra.kubelet.k8s.io/v1\",\"ClaimInfoStateList\":[{\"ClaimUID\":\"067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7\",\"ClaimName\":\"example\",\"Namespace\":\"default\",\"PodUIDs\":{\"139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6\":{}},\"DriverState\":{\"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io\":{\"Devices\":[{\"PoolName\":\"worker-1\",\"DeviceName\":\"dev-1\",\"RequestNames\":[\"test request\"],\"CDIDeviceIDs\":[\"example.com/example=cdi-example\"]}]}}}]}","Checksum":1656016162}`,
+			expectedClaimInfoStateList: ClaimInfoStateList{
+				{
+					DriverState: map[string]DriverState{
+						"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io": {
+							Devices: []Device{
+								{
+									PoolName:     "worker-1",
+									DeviceName:   "dev-1",
+									RequestNames: []string{"test request"},
+									CDIDeviceIDs: []string{"example.com/example=cdi-example"},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					ClaimUID:  "067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7",
+					ClaimName: "example",
+					Namespace: "default",
+					PodUIDs:   sets.New("139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			description:       "claim-info-state-with-multiple-devices",
+			checkpointContent: `{"Data":"{\"kind\":\"DRACheckpoint\",\"apiVersion\":\"checkpoint.dra.kubelet.k8s.io/v1\",\"ClaimInfoStateList\":[{\"ClaimUID\":\"067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7\",\"ClaimName\":\"example\",\"Namespace\":\"default\",\"PodUIDs\":{\"139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6\":{}},\"DriverState\":{\"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io\":{\"Devices\":[{\"PoolName\":\"worker-1\",\"DeviceName\":\"dev-1\",\"RequestNames\":[\"test request\"],\"CDIDeviceIDs\":[\"example.com/example=cdi-example\"]},{\"PoolName\":\"worker-1\",\"DeviceName\":\"dev-2\",\"RequestNames\":[\"test request\"],\"CDIDeviceIDs\":[\"example.com/example=cdi-example\"]}]}}}]}","Checksum":3369508096}`,
+			expectedClaimInfoStateList: ClaimInfoStateList{
+				{
+					DriverState: map[string]DriverState{
+						"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io": {
+							Devices: []Device{
+								{
+									PoolName:     "worker-1",
+									DeviceName:   "dev-1",
+									RequestNames: []string{"test request"},
+									CDIDeviceIDs: []string{"example.com/example=cdi-example"},
+								},
+								{
+									PoolName:     "worker-1",
+									DeviceName:   "dev-2",
+									RequestNames: []string{"test request"},
+									CDIDeviceIDs: []string{"example.com/example=cdi-example"},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					ClaimUID:  "067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7",
+					ClaimName: "example",
+					Namespace: "default",
+					PodUIDs:   sets.New("139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			description:       "two-claim-info-states",
+			checkpointContent: `{"Data":"{\"kind\":\"DRACheckpoint\",\"apiVersion\":\"checkpoint.dra.kubelet.k8s.io/v1\",\"ClaimInfoStateList\":[{\"ClaimUID\":\"067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7\",\"ClaimName\":\"example-1\",\"Namespace\":\"default\",\"PodUIDs\":{\"139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6\":{}},\"DriverState\":{\"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io\":{\"Devices\":[{\"PoolName\":\"worker-1\",\"DeviceName\":\"dev-1\",\"RequestNames\":[\"test request\"],\"CDIDeviceIDs\":[\"example.com/example=cdi-example\"]}]}}},{\"ClaimUID\":\"4cf8db2d-06c0-7d70-1a51-e59b25b2c16c\",\"ClaimName\":\"example-2\",\"Namespace\":\"default\",\"PodUIDs\":{\"139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6\":{}},\"DriverState\":{\"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io\":{\"Devices\":[{\"PoolName\":\"worker-1\",\"DeviceName\":\"dev-2\",\"RequestNames\":null,\"CDIDeviceIDs\":null}]}}}]}","Checksum":1582256999}`,
+			expectedClaimInfoStateList: ClaimInfoStateList{
+				{
+					DriverState: map[string]DriverState{
+						"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io": {
+							Devices: []Device{
+								{
+									PoolName:     "worker-1",
+									DeviceName:   "dev-1",
+									RequestNames: []string{"test request"},
+									CDIDeviceIDs: []string{"example.com/example=cdi-example"},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					ClaimUID:  "067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7",
+					ClaimName: "example-1",
+					Namespace: "default",
+					PodUIDs:   sets.New("139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6"),
+				},
+				{
+					DriverState: map[string]DriverState{
+						"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io": {
+							Devices: []Device{
+								{
+									PoolName:   "worker-1",
+									DeviceName: "dev-2",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					ClaimUID:  "4cf8db2d-06c0-7d70-1a51-e59b25b2c16c",
+					ClaimName: "example-2",
+					Namespace: "default",
+					PodUIDs:   sets.New("139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			description:       "incorrect-checksum",
+			checkpointContent: `{"Data":"{\"kind\":\"DRACheckpoint\",\"apiVersion\":\"checkpoint.dra.kubelet.k8s.io/v1\",\"Entries\":[{\"ClaimUID\":\"067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7\",\"ClaimName\":\"example-1\",\"Namespace\":\"default\",\"PodUIDs\":{\"139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6\":{}},\"DriverState\":{\"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io\":{\"Devices\":[{\"PoolName\":\"worker-1\",\"DeviceName\":\"dev-1\",\"RequestNames\":[\"test request\"],\"CDIDeviceIDs\":[\"example.com/example=cdi-example\"]}]}}},{\"ClaimUID\":\"4cf8db2d-06c0-7d70-1a51-e59b25b2c16c\",\"ClaimName\":\"example-2\",\"Namespace\":\"default\",\"PodUIDs\":{\"139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6\":{}},\"DriverState\":{\"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io\":{\"Devices\":[{\"PoolName\":\"worker-1\",\"DeviceName\":\"dev-2\",\"RequestNames\":null,\"CDIDeviceIDs\":null}]}}}]}","Checksum":2930258365}`,
+			expectedError:     "checkpoint is corrupted",
+		},
+		{
+			description:       "invalid-JSON",
+			checkpointContent: `{`,
+			expectedError:     "unexpected end of JSON input",
+		},
+	}
+
+	// create temp dir
+	testingDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "dramanager_state_test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		if err := os.RemoveAll(testingDir); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// create checkpoint manager for testing
+	cpm, err := checkpointmanager.NewCheckpointManager(testingDir)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "could not create testing checkpoint manager")
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// ensure there is no previous checkpoint
+			require.NoError(t, cpm.RemoveCheckpoint(testingCheckpoint), "could not remove testing checkpoint")
+
+			// prepare checkpoint for testing
+			if strings.TrimSpace(tc.checkpointContent) != "" {
+				mock := &testutil.MockCheckpoint{Content: tc.checkpointContent}
+				require.NoError(t, cpm.CreateCheckpoint(testingCheckpoint, mock), "could not create testing checkpoint")
+			}
+
+			checkpointer, err := NewCheckpointer(testingDir, testingCheckpoint)
+			require.NoError(t, err, "could not create testing checkpointer")
+
+			checkpoint, err := checkpointer.GetOrCreate()
+			if strings.TrimSpace(tc.expectedError) != "" {
+				assert.ErrorContains(t, err, tc.expectedError)
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, err, "unexpected error")
+				stateList, err := checkpoint.GetClaimInfoStateList()
+				require.NoError(t, err, "could not get data entries from checkpoint")
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedClaimInfoStateList, stateList)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCheckpointStateStore(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		description               string
+		claimInfoStateList        ClaimInfoStateList
+		expectedCheckpointContent string
+	}{
+		{
+			description: "single-claim-info-state",
+			claimInfoStateList: ClaimInfoStateList{
+				{
+					DriverState: map[string]DriverState{
+						"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io": {
+							Devices: []Device{
+								{
+									PoolName:     "worker-1",
+									DeviceName:   "dev-1",
+									RequestNames: []string{"test request"},
+									CDIDeviceIDs: []string{"example.com/example=cdi-example"},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					ClaimUID:  "067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7",
+					ClaimName: "example",
+					Namespace: "default",
+					PodUIDs:   sets.New("139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6"),
+				},
+			},
+			expectedCheckpointContent: `{"Data":"{\"kind\":\"DRACheckpoint\",\"apiVersion\":\"checkpoint.dra.kubelet.k8s.io/v1\",\"ClaimInfoStateList\":[{\"ClaimUID\":\"067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7\",\"ClaimName\":\"example\",\"Namespace\":\"default\",\"PodUIDs\":{\"139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6\":{}},\"DriverState\":{\"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io\":{\"Devices\":[{\"PoolName\":\"worker-1\",\"DeviceName\":\"dev-1\",\"RequestNames\":[\"test request\"],\"CDIDeviceIDs\":[\"example.com/example=cdi-example\"]}]}}}]}","Checksum":1656016162}`,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "claim-info-state-with-multiple-devices",
+			claimInfoStateList: ClaimInfoStateList{
+				{
+					DriverState: map[string]DriverState{
+						"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io": {
+							Devices: []Device{
+								{
+									PoolName:     "worker-1",
+									DeviceName:   "dev-1",
+									RequestNames: []string{"test request"},
+									CDIDeviceIDs: []string{"example.com/example=cdi-example"},
+								},
+								{
+									PoolName:     "worker-1",
+									DeviceName:   "dev-2",
+									RequestNames: []string{"test request"},
+									CDIDeviceIDs: []string{"example.com/example=cdi-example"},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					ClaimUID:  "067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7",
+					ClaimName: "example",
+					Namespace: "default",
+					PodUIDs:   sets.New("139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6"),
+				},
+			},
+			expectedCheckpointContent: `{"Data":"{\"kind\":\"DRACheckpoint\",\"apiVersion\":\"checkpoint.dra.kubelet.k8s.io/v1\",\"ClaimInfoStateList\":[{\"ClaimUID\":\"067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7\",\"ClaimName\":\"example\",\"Namespace\":\"default\",\"PodUIDs\":{\"139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6\":{}},\"DriverState\":{\"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io\":{\"Devices\":[{\"PoolName\":\"worker-1\",\"DeviceName\":\"dev-1\",\"RequestNames\":[\"test request\"],\"CDIDeviceIDs\":[\"example.com/example=cdi-example\"]},{\"PoolName\":\"worker-1\",\"DeviceName\":\"dev-2\",\"RequestNames\":[\"test request\"],\"CDIDeviceIDs\":[\"example.com/example=cdi-example\"]}]}}}]}","Checksum":3369508096}`,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "two-claim-info-states",
+			claimInfoStateList: ClaimInfoStateList{
+				{
+					DriverState: map[string]DriverState{
+						"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io": {
+							Devices: []Device{
+								{
+									PoolName:     "worker-1",
+									DeviceName:   "dev-1",
+									RequestNames: []string{"test request"},
+									CDIDeviceIDs: []string{"example.com/example=cdi-example"},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					ClaimUID:  "067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7",
+					ClaimName: "example-1",
+					Namespace: "default",
+					PodUIDs:   sets.New("139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6"),
+				},
+				{
+					DriverState: map[string]DriverState{
+						"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io": {
+							Devices: []Device{
+								{
+									PoolName:   "worker-1",
+									DeviceName: "dev-2",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					ClaimUID:  "4cf8db2d-06c0-7d70-1a51-e59b25b2c16c",
+					ClaimName: "example-2",
+					Namespace: "default",
+					PodUIDs:   sets.New("139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6"),
+				},
+			},
+			expectedCheckpointContent: `{"Data":"{\"kind\":\"DRACheckpoint\",\"apiVersion\":\"checkpoint.dra.kubelet.k8s.io/v1\",\"ClaimInfoStateList\":[{\"ClaimUID\":\"067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7\",\"ClaimName\":\"example-1\",\"Namespace\":\"default\",\"PodUIDs\":{\"139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6\":{}},\"DriverState\":{\"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io\":{\"Devices\":[{\"PoolName\":\"worker-1\",\"DeviceName\":\"dev-1\",\"RequestNames\":[\"test request\"],\"CDIDeviceIDs\":[\"example.com/example=cdi-example\"]}]}}},{\"ClaimUID\":\"4cf8db2d-06c0-7d70-1a51-e59b25b2c16c\",\"ClaimName\":\"example-2\",\"Namespace\":\"default\",\"PodUIDs\":{\"139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6\":{}},\"DriverState\":{\"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io\":{\"Devices\":[{\"PoolName\":\"worker-1\",\"DeviceName\":\"dev-2\",\"RequestNames\":null,\"CDIDeviceIDs\":null}]}}}]}","Checksum":1582256999}`,
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Should return an error, stateDir cannot be an empty string
+	if _, err := NewCheckpointer("", testingCheckpoint); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error but got nil")
+	}
+
+	// create temp dir
+	testingDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "dramanager_state_test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		if err := os.RemoveAll(testingDir); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// NewCheckpointState with an empty checkpointName should return an error
+	if _, err = NewCheckpointer(testingDir, ""); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error but got nil")
+	}
+
+	cpm, err := checkpointmanager.NewCheckpointManager(testingDir)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "could not create testing checkpoint manager")
+	require.NoError(t, cpm.RemoveCheckpoint(testingCheckpoint), "could not remove testing checkpoint")
+
+	cs, err := NewCheckpointer(testingDir, testingCheckpoint)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "could not create testing checkpointState instance")
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {
+			checkpoint, err := NewCheckpoint(tc.claimInfoStateList)
+			require.NoError(t, err, "could not create Checkpoint")
+
+			err = cs.Store(checkpoint)
+			require.NoError(t, err, "could not store checkpoint")
+
+			err = cpm.GetCheckpoint(testingCheckpoint, checkpoint)
+			require.NoError(t, err, "could not get checkpoint")
+
+			checkpointContent, err := checkpoint.MarshalCheckpoint()
+			require.NoError(t, err, "could not Marshal Checkpoint")
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedCheckpointContent, string(checkpointContent))
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/state.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/state.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..045a9b6b2f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/state.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2024 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package state
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+)
+
+type ClaimInfoStateList []ClaimInfoState
+
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=true
+type ClaimInfoState struct {
+	// ClaimUID is the UID of a resource claim
+	ClaimUID types.UID
+
+	// ClaimName is the name of a resource claim
+	ClaimName string
+
+	// Namespace is a claim namespace
+	Namespace string
+
+	// PodUIDs is a set of pod UIDs that reference a resource
+	PodUIDs sets.Set[string]
+
+	// DriverState contains information about all drivers which have allocation
+	// results in the claim, even if they don't provide devices for their results.
+	DriverState map[string]DriverState
+}
+
+// DriverState is used to store per-device claim info state in a checkpoint
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=true
+type DriverState struct {
+	Devices []Device
+}
+
+// Device is how a DRA driver described an allocated device in a claim
+// to kubelet. RequestName and CDI device IDs are optional.
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=true
+type Device struct {
+	PoolName     string
+	DeviceName   string
+	RequestNames []string
+	CDIDeviceIDs []string
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/state_checkpoint.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/state_checkpoint.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ce20e1ffdf9..00000000000
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/state_checkpoint.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,133 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package state
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"sync"
-
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/checkpointmanager"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/checkpointmanager/errors"
-)
-
-var _ CheckpointState = &stateCheckpoint{}
-
-// CheckpointState interface provides to get and store state
-type CheckpointState interface {
-	GetOrCreate() (ClaimInfoStateList, error)
-	Store(ClaimInfoStateList) error
-}
-
-// ClaimInfoState is used to store claim info state in a checkpoint
-// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=true
-type ClaimInfoState struct {
-	// ClaimUID is an UID of the resource claim
-	ClaimUID types.UID
-
-	// ClaimName is a name of the resource claim
-	ClaimName string
-
-	// Namespace is a claim namespace
-	Namespace string
-
-	// PodUIDs is a set of pod UIDs that reference a resource
-	PodUIDs sets.Set[string]
-
-	// DriverState contains information about all drivers which have allocation
-	// results in the claim, even if they don't provide devices for their results.
-	DriverState map[string]DriverState
-}
-
-// DriverState is used to store per-device claim info state in a checkpoint
-// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=true
-type DriverState struct {
-	Devices []Device
-}
-
-// Device is how a DRA driver described an allocated device in a claim
-// to kubelet. RequestName and CDI device IDs are optional.
-// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=true
-type Device struct {
-	PoolName     string
-	DeviceName   string
-	RequestNames []string
-	CDIDeviceIDs []string
-}
-
-type stateCheckpoint struct {
-	sync.RWMutex
-	checkpointManager checkpointmanager.CheckpointManager
-	checkpointName    string
-}
-
-// NewCheckpointState creates new State for keeping track of claim info  with checkpoint backend
-func NewCheckpointState(stateDir, checkpointName string) (*stateCheckpoint, error) {
-	if len(checkpointName) == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("received empty string instead of checkpointName")
-	}
-
-	checkpointManager, err := checkpointmanager.NewCheckpointManager(stateDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize checkpoint manager: %v", err)
-	}
-	stateCheckpoint := &stateCheckpoint{
-		checkpointManager: checkpointManager,
-		checkpointName:    checkpointName,
-	}
-
-	return stateCheckpoint, nil
-}
-
-// get state from a checkpoint and creates it if it doesn't exist
-func (sc *stateCheckpoint) GetOrCreate() (ClaimInfoStateList, error) {
-	sc.Lock()
-	defer sc.Unlock()
-
-	checkpoint := NewDRAManagerCheckpoint()
-	err := sc.checkpointManager.GetCheckpoint(sc.checkpointName, checkpoint)
-	if err == errors.ErrCheckpointNotFound {
-		sc.store(ClaimInfoStateList{})
-		return ClaimInfoStateList{}, nil
-	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get checkpoint %v: %w", sc.checkpointName, err)
-	}
-
-	return checkpoint.Entries, nil
-}
-
-// saves state to a checkpoint
-func (sc *stateCheckpoint) Store(claimInfoStateList ClaimInfoStateList) error {
-	sc.Lock()
-	defer sc.Unlock()
-
-	return sc.store(claimInfoStateList)
-}
-
-// saves state to a checkpoint, caller is responsible for locking
-func (sc *stateCheckpoint) store(claimInfoStateList ClaimInfoStateList) error {
-	checkpoint := NewDRAManagerCheckpoint()
-	checkpoint.Entries = claimInfoStateList
-
-	err := sc.checkpointManager.CreateCheckpoint(sc.checkpointName, checkpoint)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("could not save checkpoint %s: %v", sc.checkpointName, err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/state_checkpoint_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/state_checkpoint_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4668235d40b..00000000000
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/state/state_checkpoint_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,289 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package state
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"os"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/checkpointmanager"
-	cmerrors "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/checkpointmanager/errors"
-	testutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/state/testing"
-)
-
-const testingCheckpoint = "dramanager_checkpoint_test"
-
-// assertStateEqual marks provided test as failed if provided states differ
-func assertStateEqual(t *testing.T, restoredState, expectedState ClaimInfoStateList) {
-	assert.Equal(t, expectedState, restoredState, "expected ClaimInfoState does not equal to restored one")
-}
-
-// TODO (https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/123552): reconsider what data gets stored in checkpoints and whether that is really necessary.
-//
-// As it stands now, a "v1" checkpoint contains data for types like the resourceapi.ResourceHandle
-// which may change over time as new fields get added in a backward-compatible way (not unusual
-// for API types). That breaks checksuming with pkg/util/hash because it is based on spew output.
-// That output includes those new fields.
-
-func TestCheckpointGetOrCreate(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		description       string
-		checkpointContent string
-		expectedError     string
-		expectedState     ClaimInfoStateList
-	}{
-		{
-			description:       "Create non-existing checkpoint",
-			checkpointContent: "",
-			expectedError:     "",
-			expectedState:     []ClaimInfoState{},
-		},
-		{
-			description:       "Restore checkpoint - single claim",
-			checkpointContent: `{"version":"v1","entries":[{"ClaimUID":"067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7","ClaimName":"example","Namespace":"default","PodUIDs":{"139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6":{}},"DriverState":{"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io":{"Devices":[{"PoolName":"worker-1","DeviceName":"dev-1","RequestNames":["test request"],"CDIDeviceIDs":["example.com/example=cdi-example"]}]}}}],"checksum":1925941526}`,
-			expectedState: []ClaimInfoState{
-				{
-					DriverState: map[string]DriverState{
-						"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io": {
-							Devices: []Device{
-								{
-									PoolName:     "worker-1",
-									DeviceName:   "dev-1",
-									RequestNames: []string{"test request"},
-									CDIDeviceIDs: []string{"example.com/example=cdi-example"},
-								},
-							},
-						},
-					},
-					ClaimUID:  "067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7",
-					ClaimName: "example",
-					Namespace: "default",
-					PodUIDs:   sets.New("139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6"),
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			description:       "Restore checkpoint - single claim - multiple devices",
-			checkpointContent: `{"version":"v1","entries":[{"ClaimUID":"067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7","ClaimName":"example","Namespace":"default","PodUIDs":{"139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6":{}},"DriverState":{"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io":{"Devices":[{"PoolName":"worker-1","DeviceName":"dev-1","RequestNames":["test request"],"CDIDeviceIDs":["example.com/example=cdi-example"]},{"PoolName":"worker-1","DeviceName":"dev-2","RequestNames":["test request2"],"CDIDeviceIDs":["example.com/example=cdi-example2"]}]}}}],"checksum":3560752542}`,
-			expectedError:     "",
-			expectedState: []ClaimInfoState{
-				{
-					DriverState: map[string]DriverState{
-						"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io": {
-							Devices: []Device{
-								{
-									PoolName:     "worker-1",
-									DeviceName:   "dev-1",
-									RequestNames: []string{"test request"},
-									CDIDeviceIDs: []string{"example.com/example=cdi-example"},
-								},
-								{
-									PoolName:     "worker-1",
-									DeviceName:   "dev-2",
-									RequestNames: []string{"test request2"},
-									CDIDeviceIDs: []string{"example.com/example=cdi-example2"},
-								},
-							},
-						},
-					},
-					ClaimUID:  "067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7",
-					ClaimName: "example",
-					Namespace: "default",
-					PodUIDs:   sets.New("139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6"),
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			description:       "Restore checkpoint - multiple claims",
-			checkpointContent: `{"version":"v1","entries":[{"ClaimUID":"067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7","ClaimName":"example-1","Namespace":"default","PodUIDs":{"139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6":{}},"DriverState":{"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io":{"Devices":[{"PoolName":"worker-1","DeviceName":"dev-1","RequestNames":["test request"],"CDIDeviceIDs":["example.com/example=cdi-example"]}]}}},{"ClaimUID":"4cf8db2d-06c0-7d70-1a51-e59b25b2c16c","ClaimName":"example-2","Namespace":"default","PodUIDs":{"139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6":{}},"DriverState":{"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io":{"Devices":[{"PoolName":"worker-1","DeviceName":"dev-1","RequestNames":["test request"],"CDIDeviceIDs":["example.com/example=cdi-example"]}]}}}],"checksum":351581974}`,
-			expectedError:     "",
-			expectedState: []ClaimInfoState{
-				{
-					DriverState: map[string]DriverState{
-						"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io": {
-							Devices: []Device{
-								{
-									PoolName:     "worker-1",
-									DeviceName:   "dev-1",
-									RequestNames: []string{"test request"},
-									CDIDeviceIDs: []string{"example.com/example=cdi-example"},
-								},
-							},
-						},
-					},
-					ClaimUID:  "067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7",
-					ClaimName: "example-1",
-					Namespace: "default",
-					PodUIDs:   sets.New("139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6"),
-				},
-				{
-					DriverState: map[string]DriverState{
-						"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io": {
-							Devices: []Device{
-								{
-									PoolName:     "worker-1",
-									DeviceName:   "dev-1",
-									RequestNames: []string{"test request"},
-									CDIDeviceIDs: []string{"example.com/example=cdi-example"},
-								},
-							},
-						},
-					},
-					ClaimUID:  "4cf8db2d-06c0-7d70-1a51-e59b25b2c16c",
-					ClaimName: "example-2",
-					Namespace: "default",
-					PodUIDs:   sets.New("139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6"),
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			description:       "Restore checkpoint - invalid checksum",
-			checkpointContent: `{"version":"v1","entries":[{"DriverName":"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io","ClassName":"class-name","ClaimUID":"067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7","ClaimName":"example","Namespace":"default","PodUIDs":{"139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6":{}},"CDIDevices":{"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io":["example.com/example=cdi-example"]}}],"checksum":1988120168}`,
-			expectedError:     "checkpoint is corrupted",
-			expectedState:     []ClaimInfoState{},
-		},
-		{
-			description:       "Restore checkpoint with invalid JSON",
-			checkpointContent: `{`,
-			expectedError:     "unexpected end of JSON input",
-			expectedState:     []ClaimInfoState{},
-		},
-	}
-
-	// create temp dir
-	testingDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "dramanager_state_test")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(testingDir)
-
-	// create checkpoint manager for testing
-	cpm, err := checkpointmanager.NewCheckpointManager(testingDir)
-	assert.NoError(t, err, "could not create testing checkpoint manager")
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {
-			// ensure there is no previous checkpoint
-			assert.NoError(t, cpm.RemoveCheckpoint(testingCheckpoint), "could not remove testing checkpoint")
-
-			// prepare checkpoint for testing
-			if strings.TrimSpace(tc.checkpointContent) != "" {
-				checkpoint := &testutil.MockCheckpoint{Content: tc.checkpointContent}
-				assert.NoError(t, cpm.CreateCheckpoint(testingCheckpoint, checkpoint), "could not create testing checkpoint")
-			}
-
-			var state ClaimInfoStateList
-
-			checkpointState, err := NewCheckpointState(testingDir, testingCheckpoint)
-
-			if err == nil {
-				state, err = checkpointState.GetOrCreate()
-			}
-			if strings.TrimSpace(tc.expectedError) != "" {
-				assert.ErrorContains(t, err, tc.expectedError)
-			} else {
-				requireNoCheckpointError(t, err)
-				// compare state after restoration with the one expected
-				assertStateEqual(t, state, tc.expectedState)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestCheckpointStateStore(t *testing.T) {
-	claimInfoStateList := ClaimInfoStateList{
-		{
-			DriverState: map[string]DriverState{
-				"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io": {
-					Devices: []Device{{
-						PoolName:     "worker-1",
-						DeviceName:   "dev-1",
-						RequestNames: []string{"test request"},
-						CDIDeviceIDs: []string{"example.com/example=cdi-example"},
-					}},
-				},
-			},
-			ClaimUID:  "067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7",
-			ClaimName: "example-1",
-			Namespace: "default",
-			PodUIDs:   sets.New("139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6"),
-		},
-		{
-			DriverState: map[string]DriverState{
-				"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io": {
-					Devices: []Device{{
-						PoolName:   "worker-1",
-						DeviceName: "dev-2",
-					}},
-				},
-			},
-			ClaimUID:  "4cf8db2d-06c0-7d70-1a51-e59b25b2c16c",
-			ClaimName: "example-2",
-			Namespace: "default",
-			PodUIDs:   sets.New("139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6"),
-		},
-	}
-
-	expectedCheckpoint := `{"version":"v1","entries":[{"ClaimUID":"067798be-454e-4be4-9047-1aa06aea63f7","ClaimName":"example-1","Namespace":"default","PodUIDs":{"139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6":{}},"DriverState":{"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io":{"Devices":[{"PoolName":"worker-1","DeviceName":"dev-1","RequestNames":["test request"],"CDIDeviceIDs":["example.com/example=cdi-example"]}]}}},{"ClaimUID":"4cf8db2d-06c0-7d70-1a51-e59b25b2c16c","ClaimName":"example-2","Namespace":"default","PodUIDs":{"139cdb46-f989-4f17-9561-ca10cfb509a6":{}},"DriverState":{"test-driver.cdi.k8s.io":{"Devices":[{"PoolName":"worker-1","DeviceName":"dev-2","RequestNames":null,"CDIDeviceIDs":null}]}}}],"checksum":1191151426}`
-
-	// Should return an error, stateDir cannot be an empty string
-	if _, err := NewCheckpointState("", testingCheckpoint); err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("expected error but got nil")
-	}
-
-	// create temp dir
-	testingDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "dramanager_state_test")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(testingDir)
-
-	cpm, err := checkpointmanager.NewCheckpointManager(testingDir)
-	assert.NoError(t, err, "could not create testing checkpoint manager")
-	assert.NoError(t, cpm.RemoveCheckpoint(testingCheckpoint), "could not remove testing checkpoint")
-
-	cs, err := NewCheckpointState(testingDir, testingCheckpoint)
-	assert.NoError(t, err, "could not create testing checkpointState instance")
-	err = cs.Store(claimInfoStateList)
-	assert.NoError(t, err, "could not store ClaimInfoState")
-	checkpoint := NewDRAManagerCheckpoint()
-	cpm.GetCheckpoint(testingCheckpoint, checkpoint)
-	checkpointData, err := checkpoint.MarshalCheckpoint()
-	assert.NoError(t, err, "could not Marshal Checkpoint")
-	assert.Equal(t, expectedCheckpoint, string(checkpointData), "expected ClaimInfoState does not equal to restored one")
-
-	// NewCheckpointState with an empty checkpointName should return an error
-	if _, err = NewCheckpointState(testingDir, ""); err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("expected error but got nil")
-	}
-}
-
-func requireNoCheckpointError(t *testing.T, err error) {
-	t.Helper()
-	var cksumErr *cmerrors.CorruptCheckpointError
-	if errors.As(err, &cksumErr) {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected corrupt checkpoint, expected checksum %d, got %d", cksumErr.ExpectedCS, cksumErr.ActualCS)
-	} else {
-		require.NoError(t, err, "could not restore checkpoint")
-	}
-}