diff --git a/src/cm/container_manager_linux.go b/src/cm/container_manager_linux.go
index f2b1f7922..743f98e48 100644
--- a/src/cm/container_manager_linux.go
+++ b/src/cm/container_manager_linux.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import (
 	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-	kubecm "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm"
 
 	"github.com/Mirantis/cri-dockerd/libdocker"
 )
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ func (m *containerManager) doWork() {
 	// EnsureDockerInContainer does two things.
 	//   1. Ensure processes run in the cgroups if m.cgroupsManager is not nil.
 	//   2. Ensure processes have the OOM score applied.
-	if err := kubecm.EnsureDockerInContainer(version, dockerOOMScoreAdj, m.cgroupsManager); err != nil {
+	if err := m.ensureDockerInContainer(version, dockerOOMScoreAdj, m.cgroupsManager); err != nil {
 		klog.ErrorS(err, "Unable to ensure the docker processes run in the desired containers")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/cm/helpers.go b/src/cm/helpers.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fe45d56b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cm/helpers.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package cm
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/cm/helpers_linux.go b/src/cm/helpers_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9dac07f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cm/helpers_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2021 Mirantis
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package cm
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups"
+	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
+	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/oom"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/procfs"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+func isProcessRunningInHost(pid int) (bool, error) {
+	// Get init pid namespace.
+	initPidNs, err := os.Readlink("/proc/1/ns/pid")
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to find pid namespace of init process")
+	}
+	klog.V(10).Infof("init pid ns is %q", initPidNs)
+	processPidNs, err := os.Readlink(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/ns/pid", pid))
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to find pid namespace of process %q", pid)
+	}
+	klog.V(10).Infof("Pid %d pid ns is %q", pid, processPidNs)
+	return initPidNs == processPidNs, nil
+}
+
+func getContainer(pid int) (string, error) {
+	cgs, err := cgroups.ParseCgroupFile(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/cgroup", pid))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	if cgroups.IsCgroup2UnifiedMode() {
+		c, found := cgs[""]
+		if !found {
+			return "", cgroups.NewNotFoundError("unified")
+		}
+		return c, nil
+	}
+
+	cpu, found := cgs["cpu"]
+	if !found {
+		return "", cgroups.NewNotFoundError("cpu")
+	}
+	memory, found := cgs["memory"]
+	if !found {
+		return "", cgroups.NewNotFoundError("memory")
+	}
+
+	// since we use this container for accounting, we need to ensure its a unified hierarchy.
+	if cpu != memory {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("cpu and memory cgroup hierarchy not unified.  cpu: %s, memory: %s", cpu, memory)
+	}
+
+	// on systemd, every pid is in a unified cgroup hierarchy (name=systemd as seen in systemd-cgls)
+	// cpu and memory accounting is off by default, users may choose to enable it per unit or globally.
+	// users could enable CPU and memory accounting globally via /etc/systemd/system.conf (DefaultCPUAccounting=true DefaultMemoryAccounting=true).
+	// users could also enable CPU and memory accounting per unit via CPUAccounting=true and MemoryAccounting=true
+	// we only warn if accounting is not enabled for CPU or memory so as to not break local development flows where kubelet is launched in a terminal.
+	// for example, the cgroup for the user session will be something like /user.slice/user-X.slice/session-X.scope, but the cpu and memory
+	// cgroup will be the closest ancestor where accounting is performed (most likely /) on systems that launch docker containers.
+	// as a result, on those systems, you will not get cpu or memory accounting statistics for kubelet.
+	// in addition, you would not get memory or cpu accounting for the runtime unless accounting was enabled on its unit (or globally).
+	if systemd, found := cgs["name=systemd"]; found {
+		if systemd != cpu {
+			klog.Warningf("CPUAccounting not enabled for pid: %d", pid)
+		}
+		if systemd != memory {
+			klog.Warningf("MemoryAccounting not enabled for pid: %d", pid)
+		}
+		return systemd, nil
+	}
+
+	return cpu, nil
+}
+
+func (m *containerManager) ensureDockerInContainer(dockerAPIVersion *utilversion.Version, oomScoreAdj int, manager cgroups.Manager) error {
+	type process struct{ name, file string }
+	dockerProcs := []process{{
+		"dockerd",
+		"/var/run/docker.pid",
+
+	}}
+
+	containerdAPIVersion := utilversion.MustParseGeneric("1.23")
+	if dockerAPIVersion.AtLeast(containerdAPIVersion) {
+		dockerProcs = append(dockerProcs, process{"containerd", ""})
+	}
+	var errs []error
+	for _, proc := range dockerProcs {
+		pids, err := getPidsForProcess(proc.name, proc.file)
+		if err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to get pids for %q: %v", proc.name, err))
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Move if the pid is not already in the desired container.
+		for _, pid := range pids {
+			if err := ensureProcessInContainerWithOOMScore(pid, oomScoreAdj, manager); err != nil {
+				errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("errors moving %q pid: %v", proc.name, err))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs)
+}
+
+func ensureProcessInContainerWithOOMScore(pid int, oomScoreAdj int, manager cgroups.Manager) error {
+	if runningInHost, err := isProcessRunningInHost(pid); err != nil {
+		// Err on the side of caution. Avoid moving the docker daemon unless we are able to identify its context.
+		return err
+	} else if !runningInHost {
+		// Process is running inside a container. Don't touch that.
+		klog.V(2).Infof("pid %d is not running in the host namespaces", pid)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var errs []error
+	if manager != nil {
+		cont, err := getContainer(pid)
+		if err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to find container of PID %d: %v", pid, err))
+		}
+
+		name := ""
+		cgroups, err := manager.GetCgroups()
+		if err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to get cgroups for %d: %v", pid, err))
+		} else {
+			name = cgroups.Name
+		}
+
+		if cont != name {
+			err = manager.Apply(pid)
+			if err != nil {
+				errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to move PID %d (in %q) to %q: %v", pid, cont, name, err))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Also apply oom-score-adj to processes
+	oomAdjuster := oom.NewOOMAdjuster()
+	klog.V(5).Infof("attempting to apply oom_score_adj of %d to pid %d", oomScoreAdj, pid)
+	if err := oomAdjuster.ApplyOOMScoreAdj(pid, oomScoreAdj); err != nil {
+		klog.V(3).Infof("Failed to apply oom_score_adj %d for pid %d: %v", oomScoreAdj, pid, err)
+		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to apply oom score %d to PID %d: %v", oomScoreAdj, pid, err))
+	}
+	return utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs)
+}
+
+func getPidFromPidFile(pidFile string) (int, error) {
+	file, err := os.Open(pidFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("error opening pid file %s: %v", pidFile, err)
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	data := make([]byte, 1024)
+
+	_, err = file.Read(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("error reading pid file %s: %v", pidFile, err)
+	}
+
+	pid, err := strconv.Atoi(string(data))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("error parsing %s as a number: %v", string(data), err)
+	}
+
+	return pid, nil
+}
+
+func getPidsForProcess(name, pidFile string) ([]int, error) {
+	if len(pidFile) == 0 {
+		return procfs.PidOf(name)
+	}
+
+	pid, err := getPidFromPidFile(pidFile)
+	if err == nil {
+		return []int{pid}, nil
+	}
+
+	// Try to lookup pid by process name
+	pids, err2 := procfs.PidOf(name)
+	if err2 == nil {
+		return pids, nil
+	}
+
+	// Return error from getPidFromPidFile since that should have worked
+	// and is the real source of the problem.
+	klog.V(4).Infof("unable to get pid from %s: %v", pidFile, err)
+	return []int{}, err
+}