diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/qos_container_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/qos_container_manager_linux.go
index 212d3cfb5b09f..c1c5c48bc3c9c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/qos_container_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/qos_container_manager_linux.go
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ func (m *qosContainerManagerImpl) Start(getNodeAllocatable func() v1.ResourceLis
 	cm := m.cgroupManager
 	rootContainer := m.cgroupRoot
 	if !cm.Exists(rootContainer) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("root container %v doesn't exist", rootContainer)
+		err := fmt.Errorf("root container %v doesn't exist", rootContainer)
+		klog.V(2).ErrorS(err, "root container does exist : ", rootContainer)
+		return err
 	}
 
 	// Top level for Qos containers are created only for Burstable