diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go
index 6df9cbcd94f..517a92650e7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go
@@ -210,25 +210,6 @@ func (p throttledDockerPuller) IsImagePresent(name string) (bool, error) {
 	return p.puller.IsImagePresent(name)
 }
 
-// An internal helper function.
-func findPodContainer(dockerContainers []*docker.APIContainers, podFullName string, uid types.UID, containerName string) (*docker.APIContainers, bool, uint64) {
-	for _, dockerContainer := range dockerContainers {
-		if len(dockerContainer.Names) == 0 {
-			continue
-		}
-		dockerName, hash, err := ParseDockerName(dockerContainer.Names[0])
-		if err != nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		if dockerName.PodFullName == podFullName &&
-			(uid == "" || dockerName.PodUID == uid) &&
-			dockerName.ContainerName == containerName {
-			return dockerContainer, true, hash
-		}
-	}
-	return nil, false, 0
-}
-
 const containerNamePrefix = "k8s"
 
 // Creates a name which can be reversed to identify both full pod name and container name.
@@ -343,7 +324,7 @@ func milliCPUToShares(milliCPU int64) int64 {
 }
 
 // GetKubeletDockerContainers lists all container or just the running ones.
-// Returns a list of docker containers that we manage, keyed by container ID.
+// Returns a list of docker containers that we manage
 // TODO: Move this function with dockerCache to DockerManager.
 func GetKubeletDockerContainers(client DockerInterface, allContainers bool) ([]*docker.APIContainers, error) {
 	result := []*docker.APIContainers{}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_test.go
index 37ab8950ccb..82cf3cd3ac5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_test.go
@@ -59,6 +59,24 @@ func verifyStringArrayEquals(t *testing.T, actual, expected []string) {
 	}
 }
 
+func findPodContainer(dockerContainers []*docker.APIContainers, podFullName string, uid types.UID, containerName string) (*docker.APIContainers, bool, uint64) {
+	for _, dockerContainer := range dockerContainers {
+		if len(dockerContainer.Names) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		dockerName, hash, err := ParseDockerName(dockerContainer.Names[0])
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if dockerName.PodFullName == podFullName &&
+			(uid == "" || dockerName.PodUID == uid) &&
+			dockerName.ContainerName == containerName {
+			return dockerContainer, true, hash
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, false, 0
+}
+
 func TestGetContainerID(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeDocker := &FakeDockerClient{}
 	fakeDocker.ContainerList = []docker.APIContainers{