diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/stats/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/stats/v1alpha1/types.go
index 810232aab64..50622f5170e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/stats/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/stats/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ type AcceleratorStats struct {
 // VolumeStats contains data about Volume filesystem usage.
 type VolumeStats struct {
 	// Embedded FsStats
-	FsStats
+	FsStats `json:",inline"`
 	// Name is the name given to the Volume
 	// +optional
 	Name string `json:"name,omitempty"`