diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
index c9534d35067..63d2cbd9615 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ func run(s *options.KubeletServer, kubeDeps *kubelet.Dependencies) (err error) {
 
 	if kubeDeps.CAdvisorInterface == nil {
 		imageFsInfoProvider := cadvisor.NewImageFsInfoProvider(s.ContainerRuntime, s.RemoteRuntimeEndpoint)
-		kubeDeps.CAdvisorInterface, err = cadvisor.New(s.Address, uint(s.CAdvisorPort), imageFsInfoProvider, s.RootDirectory)
+		kubeDeps.CAdvisorInterface, err = cadvisor.New(s.Address, uint(s.CAdvisorPort), imageFsInfoProvider, s.RootDirectory, cadvisor.UsingLegacyCadvisorStats(s.ContainerRuntime, s.RemoteRuntimeEndpoint))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/BUILD
index adb113dd97d..faa9d5005b2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/BUILD
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/apis/core/v1/helper:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/features:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubelet/types:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/google/cadvisor/events:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/google/cadvisor/info/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/google/cadvisor/info/v2:go_default_library",
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature:go_default_library",
     ] + select({
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:linux_amd64": [
-            "//pkg/kubelet/types:go_default_library",
             "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
             "//vendor/github.com/google/cadvisor/cache/memory:go_default_library",
             "//vendor/github.com/google/cadvisor/container:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/cadvisor_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/cadvisor_linux.go
index 4749016a49a..948cb651b30 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/cadvisor_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/cadvisor_linux.go
@@ -105,11 +105,16 @@ func containerLabels(c *cadvisorapi.ContainerInfo) map[string]string {
 }
 
 // New creates a cAdvisor and exports its API on the specified port if port > 0.
-func New(address string, port uint, imageFsInfoProvider ImageFsInfoProvider, rootPath string) (Interface, error) {
+func New(address string, port uint, imageFsInfoProvider ImageFsInfoProvider, rootPath string, usingLegacyStats bool) (Interface, error) {
 	sysFs := sysfs.NewRealSysFs()
 
+	ignoreMetrics := cadvisormetrics.MetricSet{cadvisormetrics.NetworkTcpUsageMetrics: struct{}{}, cadvisormetrics.NetworkUdpUsageMetrics: struct{}{}}
+	if !usingLegacyStats {
+		ignoreMetrics[cadvisormetrics.DiskUsageMetrics] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
 	// Create and start the cAdvisor container manager.
-	m, err := manager.New(memory.New(statsCacheDuration, nil), sysFs, maxHousekeepingInterval, allowDynamicHousekeeping, cadvisormetrics.MetricSet{cadvisormetrics.NetworkTcpUsageMetrics: struct{}{}, cadvisormetrics.NetworkUdpUsageMetrics: struct{}{}}, http.DefaultClient)
+	m, err := manager.New(memory.New(statsCacheDuration, nil), sysFs, maxHousekeepingInterval, allowDynamicHousekeeping, ignoreMetrics, http.DefaultClient)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/util.go b/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/util.go
index 6c679a07208..7937917a89b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/util.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/util.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package cadvisor
 
 import (
+	goruntime "runtime"
+
 	cadvisorapi "github.com/google/cadvisor/info/v1"
 	cadvisorapi2 "github.com/google/cadvisor/info/v2"
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	v1helper "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/v1/helper"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
+	kubetypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
 )
 
 func CapacityFromMachineInfo(info *cadvisorapi.MachineInfo) v1.ResourceList {
@@ -57,3 +60,16 @@ func EphemeralStorageCapacityFromFsInfo(info cadvisorapi2.FsInfo) v1.ResourceLis
 	}
 	return c
 }
+
+// CRI integrations should get container metrics via CRI. Docker
+// uses the built-in cadvisor to gather such metrics on Linux for
+// historical reasons.
+// cri-o relies on cadvisor as a temporary workaround. The code should
+// be removed. Related issue:
+// https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/51798
+// UsingLegacyCadvisorStats returns true if container stats are provided by cadvisor instead of through the CRI
+func UsingLegacyCadvisorStats(runtime, runtimeEndpoint string) bool {
+	return runtime == kubetypes.RktContainerRuntime ||
+		(runtime == kubetypes.DockerContainerRuntime && goruntime.GOOS == "linux") ||
+		runtimeEndpoint == "/var/run/crio.sock"
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 9b6ed93ee9b..3808b701149 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path"
-	goruntime "runtime"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -681,14 +680,7 @@ func NewMainKubelet(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration,
 		klet.containerRuntime = runtime
 		klet.runner = runtime
 
-		// CRI integrations should get container metrics via CRI. Docker
-		// uses the built-in cadvisor to gather such metrics on Linux for
-		// historical reasons.
-		// cri-o relies on cadvisor as a temporary workaround. The code should
-		// be removed. Related issue:
-		// https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/51798
-		if (containerRuntime == kubetypes.DockerContainerRuntime &&
-			goruntime.GOOS == "linux") || remoteRuntimeEndpoint == "/var/run/crio.sock" {
+		if cadvisor.UsingLegacyCadvisorStats(containerRuntime, remoteRuntimeEndpoint) {
 			klet.StatsProvider = stats.NewCadvisorStatsProvider(
 				klet.cadvisor,
 				klet.resourceAnalyzer,
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/environment/conformance.go b/test/e2e_node/environment/conformance.go
index 0b887c07bd5..fc53559fd77 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/environment/conformance.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/environment/conformance.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func containerRuntime() error {
 	}
 
 	// Setup cadvisor to check the container environment
-	c, err := cadvisor.New("", 0 /*don't start the http server*/, cadvisor.NewImageFsInfoProvider("docker", ""), "/var/lib/kubelet")
+	c, err := cadvisor.New("", 0 /*don't start the http server*/, cadvisor.NewImageFsInfoProvider("docker", ""), "/var/lib/kubelet", false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return printError("Container Runtime Check: %s Could not start cadvisor %v", failed, err)
 	}