diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/topology/topology.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/topology/topology.go
index ac733001070..1475f758959 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/topology/topology.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/topology/topology.go
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func Discover(machineInfo *cadvisorapi.MachineInfo) (*CPUTopology, error) {
 
 	return &CPUTopology{
 		NumCPUs:    machineInfo.NumCores,
-		NumSockets: len(machineInfo.Topology),
+		NumSockets: machineInfo.NumSockets,
 		NumCores:   numPhysicalCores,
 		CPUDetails: CPUDetails,
 	}, nil
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/topology/topology_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/topology/topology_test.go
index fe9375e4153..01357703b39 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/topology/topology_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/topology/topology_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ func Test_Discover(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "OneSocketHT",
 			machineInfo: cadvisorapi.MachineInfo{
-				NumCores: 8,
+				NumCores:   8,
+				NumSockets: 1,
 				Topology: []cadvisorapi.Node{
 					{Id: 0,
 						Cores: []cadvisorapi.Core{
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ func Test_Discover(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "DualSocketNoHT",
 			machineInfo: cadvisorapi.MachineInfo{
-				NumCores: 4,
+				NumCores:   4,
+				NumSockets: 2,
 				Topology: []cadvisorapi.Node{
 					{Id: 0,
 						Cores: []cadvisorapi.Core{
@@ -106,7 +108,8 @@ func Test_Discover(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "DualSocketHT - non unique Core'ID's",
 			machineInfo: cadvisorapi.MachineInfo{
-				NumCores: 12,
+				NumCores:   12,
+				NumSockets: 2,
 				Topology: []cadvisorapi.Node{
 					{Id: 0,
 						Cores: []cadvisorapi.Core{
@@ -148,7 +151,8 @@ func Test_Discover(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "OneSocketHT fail",
 			machineInfo: cadvisorapi.MachineInfo{
-				NumCores: 8,
+				NumCores:   8,
+				NumSockets: 1,
 				Topology: []cadvisorapi.Node{
 					{Id: 0,
 						Cores: []cadvisorapi.Core{
@@ -166,7 +170,8 @@ func Test_Discover(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "OneSocketHT fail",
 			machineInfo: cadvisorapi.MachineInfo{
-				NumCores: 8,
+				NumCores:   8,
+				NumSockets: 1,
 				Topology: []cadvisorapi.Node{
 					{Id: 0,
 						Cores: []cadvisorapi.Core{