diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
index 0cdc710e7f4..8fa32e2cce6 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
@@ -625,6 +625,10 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, s *options.KubeletServer, kubeDeps *kubelet.Depend
 		runAuthenticatorCAReload(ctx.Done())
 	}
 
+	if err := kubelet.PreInitRuntimeService(&s.KubeletConfiguration, kubeDeps); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	var cgroupRoots []string
 	nodeAllocatableRoot := cm.NodeAllocatableRoot(s.CgroupRoot, s.CgroupsPerQOS, s.CgroupDriver)
 	cgroupRoots = append(cgroupRoots, nodeAllocatableRoot)
@@ -775,11 +779,6 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, s *options.KubeletServer, kubeDeps *kubelet.Depend
 		klog.InfoS("Failed to ApplyOOMScoreAdj", "err", err)
 	}
 
-	err = kubelet.PreInitRuntimeService(&s.KubeletConfiguration, kubeDeps)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	if err := RunKubelet(s, kubeDeps, s.RunOnce); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}