diff --git a/pkg/config/cos.go b/pkg/config/cos.go
index dc357f848..ea1c0466e 100644
--- a/pkg/config/cos.go
+++ b/pkg/config/cos.go
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@ func ConvertToCOS(config *HarvesterConfig) (*yipSchema.YipConfig, error) {
 	for _, module := range cfg.OS.Modules {
 		initramfs.Commands = append(initramfs.Commands, "modprobe "+module)
 	}
+	// Delete the cpu_manager_state file during the initramfs stage. During a reboot, this state file is always reverted
+	// because it was originally created during the system installation, becoming part of the root filesystem.
+	// As a result, the policy in cpu_manager_state file is "none" (default policy) after reboot. If we've already set
+	// the cpu-manager-policy to "static" before reboot, this mismatch can prevent kubelet from starting,
+	// and make the entire node unavailable.
+	initramfs.Commands = append(initramfs.Commands, "rm -f /var/lib/kubelet/cpu_manager_state")
 
 	initramfs.Sysctl = cfg.OS.Sysctls
 	initramfs.Environment = cfg.OS.Environment
diff --git a/pkg/config/cos_test.go b/pkg/config/cos_test.go
index 09057e94e..93c41f870 100644
--- a/pkg/config/cos_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/cos_test.go
@@ -126,6 +126,16 @@ func TestConvertToCos_VerifyNetworkInstallMode(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.False(t, containsFile(yipConfig.Stages["initramfs"][0].Files, "/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-ens3"))
 }
 
+func TestConvertToCos_Remove_CPUManagerState(t *testing.T) {
+	conf, err := LoadHarvesterConfig(util.LoadFixture(t, "harvester-config.yaml"))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	yipConfig, err := ConvertToCOS(conf)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Contains(t, yipConfig.Stages["initramfs"][0].Commands, "rm -f /var/lib/kubelet/cpu_manager_state")
+}
+
 func containsFile(files []yipSchema.File, fileName string) bool {
 	for _, v := range files {
 		if v.Path == fileName {