diff --git a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
index 8f9790695ce327b47af207779d44ce2d7db03e8b..c8dafd522508bb41e52c4d2fc212350066ca9869 100644
--- a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
+++ b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
@@ -264,15 +264,15 @@ podsecuritypolicy_enabled: false
 # kubelet_enforce_node_allocatable: pods
 
 ## Set runtime and kubelet cgroups when using systemd as cgroup driver (default)
-# kubelet_runtime_cgroups: "{{ kube_reserved_cgroups }}/{{ container_manager }}.service"
-# kubelet_kubelet_cgroups: "{{ kube_reserved_cgroups }}/kubelet.service"
+# kubelet_runtime_cgroups: "/{{ kube_service_cgroups }}/{{ container_manager }}.service"
+# kubelet_kubelet_cgroups: "/{{ kube_service_cgroups }}/kubelet.service"
 
 ## Set runtime and kubelet cgroups when using cgroupfs as cgroup driver
 # kubelet_runtime_cgroups_cgroupfs: "/system.slice/{{ container_manager }}.service"
 # kubelet_kubelet_cgroups_cgroupfs: "/system.slice/kubelet.service"
 
 # Optionally reserve this space for kube daemons.
-# kube_reserved: true
+# kube_reserved: false
 ## Uncomment to override default values
 ## The following two items need to be set when kube_reserved is true
 # kube_reserved_cgroups_for_service_slice: kube.slice
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
index 9e786594f6baaa9ca7aeb77ebf46a150b7244ff4..88278ff1e827e41b2ac7410fd38411e54c5d8015 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ kube_resolv_conf: "/etc/resolv.conf"
 kubelet_enforce_node_allocatable: "\"\""
 
 # Set runtime and kubelet cgroups when using systemd as cgroup driver (default)
-kubelet_runtime_cgroups: "{{ kube_reserved_cgroups }}/{{ container_manager }}.service"
-kubelet_kubelet_cgroups: "{{ kube_reserved_cgroups }}/kubelet.service"
+kube_service_cgroups: "{% if kube_reserved %}{{ kube_reserved_cgroups_for_service_slice }}{% else %}system.slice{% endif %}"
+kubelet_runtime_cgroups: "/{{ kube_service_cgroups }}/{{ container_manager }}.service"
+kubelet_kubelet_cgroups: "/{{ kube_service_cgroups }}/kubelet.service"
 
 # Set runtime and kubelet cgroups when using cgroupfs as cgroup driver
 kubelet_runtime_cgroups_cgroupfs: "/system.slice/{{ container_manager }}.service"