diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
index 98c3647193f5..13c7176bdc27 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
@@ -706,12 +706,14 @@ func (m *resourceAllocator) Admit(attrs *lifecycle.PodAdmitAttributes) lifecycle
 			}
 		}
 
-		err = m.cpuManager.Allocate(pod, &container)
-		if err != nil {
-			return lifecycle.PodAdmitResult{
-				Message: fmt.Sprintf("Allocate failed due to %v, which is unexpected", err),
-				Reason:  "UnexpectedAdmissionError",
-				Admit:   false,
+		if m.cpuManager != nil {
+			err = m.cpuManager.Allocate(pod, &container)
+			if err != nil {
+				return lifecycle.PodAdmitResult{
+					Message: fmt.Sprintf("Allocate failed due to %v, which is unexpected", err),
+					Reason:  "UnexpectedAdmissionError",
+					Admit:   false,
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/internal_container_lifecycle.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/internal_container_lifecycle.go
index 1176a42a8d17..9e2434302693 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/internal_container_lifecycle.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/internal_container_lifecycle.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type internalContainerLifecycleImpl struct {
 }
 
 func (i *internalContainerLifecycleImpl) PreStartContainer(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container, containerID string) error {
-	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(kubefeatures.CPUManager) {
+	if i.cpuManager != nil {
 		err := i.cpuManager.AddContainer(pod, container, containerID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ func (i *internalContainerLifecycleImpl) PreStartContainer(pod *v1.Pod, containe
 }
 
 func (i *internalContainerLifecycleImpl) PreStopContainer(containerID string) error {
-	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(kubefeatures.CPUManager) {
+	if i.cpuManager != nil {
 		return i.cpuManager.RemoveContainer(containerID)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (i *internalContainerLifecycleImpl) PostStopContainer(containerID string) error {
-	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(kubefeatures.CPUManager) {
+	if i.cpuManager != nil {
 		err := i.cpuManager.RemoveContainer(containerID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err