diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
index 9610abd71..c7e4a7eb6 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ kubelet_kubelet_cgroups: "/systemd/system.slice"
 
 # Set runtime and kubelet cgroups when using cgroupfs as cgroup driver
 kubelet_runtime_cgroups_cgroupfs: "/system.slice/containerd.service"
-kubelet_kubelet_cgroups_cgroupfs: "/system.slice/kubelet.slice"
+kubelet_kubelet_cgroups_cgroupfs: "/system.slice/kubelet.service"
 
 ### fail with swap on (default true)
 kubelet_fail_swap_on: true