diff --git a/cmd/cri-containerd/cri_containerd.go b/cmd/cri-containerd/cri_containerd.go
index 52327b06a..80c47bb0c 100644
--- a/cmd/cri-containerd/cri_containerd.go
+++ b/cmd/cri-containerd/cri_containerd.go
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"syscall"
 
+	"github.com/containerd/cgroups"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/sys"
+	runtimespec "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -95,6 +98,19 @@ func main() {
 
 		logrus.Infof("Run cri-containerd %+v", o)
 
+		if o.CgroupPath != "" {
+			_, err := loadCgroup(o.CgroupPath)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to load cgroup for cgroup path %v: %v", o.CgroupPath, err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if o.OOMScore != 0 {
+			if err := sys.SetOOMScore(os.Getpid(), o.OOMScore); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to set OOMScore to %v: %v", o.OOMScore, err)
+			}
+		}
+
 		// Start profiling server if enable.
 		if o.EnableProfiling {
 			logrus.Info("Start profiling server")
@@ -200,3 +216,23 @@ func setGLogLevel(l logrus.Level) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// loadCgroup loads the cgroup associated with path if it exists and moves the current process into the cgroup. If the cgroup
+// is not created it is created and returned.
+func loadCgroup(cgroupPath string) (cgroups.Cgroup, error) {
+	cg, err := cgroups.Load(cgroups.V1, cgroups.StaticPath(cgroupPath))
+	if err != nil {
+		if err != cgroups.ErrCgroupDeleted {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if cg, err = cgroups.New(cgroups.V1, cgroups.StaticPath(cgroupPath), &runtimespec.LinuxResources{}); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	if err := cg.Add(cgroups.Process{
+		Pid: os.Getpid(),
+	}); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return cg, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/server/helpers.go b/pkg/server/helpers.go
index 4abfdff58..2d9399ff2 100644
--- a/pkg/server/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/server/helpers.go
@@ -19,13 +19,11 @@ package server
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/containerd/cgroups"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/content"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/reference"
@@ -33,7 +31,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/identity"
 	imagespec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	runtimespec "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
-	specs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools/generate"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/label"
@@ -288,26 +285,6 @@ func (c *criContainerdService) ensureImageExists(ctx context.Context, ref string
 	return &newImage, nil
 }
 
-// loadCgroup loads the cgroup associated with path if it exists and moves the current process into the cgroup. If the cgroup
-// is not created it is created and returned.
-func loadCgroup(cgroupPath string) (cgroups.Cgroup, error) {
-	cg, err := cgroups.Load(cgroups.V1, cgroups.StaticPath(cgroupPath))
-	if err != nil {
-		if err != cgroups.ErrCgroupDeleted {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		if cg, err = cgroups.New(cgroups.V1, cgroups.StaticPath(cgroupPath), &specs.LinuxResources{}); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-	if err := cg.Add(cgroups.Process{
-		Pid: os.Getpid(),
-	}); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return cg, nil
-}
-
 // imageInfo is the information about the image got from containerd.
 type imageInfo struct {
 	id        string
diff --git a/pkg/server/service.go b/pkg/server/service.go
index 1c50da521..25ed52ff5 100644
--- a/pkg/server/service.go
+++ b/pkg/server/service.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/plugin"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/sys"
 	"github.com/cri-o/ocicni/pkg/ocicni"
 	runcapparmor "github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/apparmor"
 	runcseccomp "github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/seccomp"
@@ -114,18 +113,6 @@ type criContainerdService struct {
 // NewCRIContainerdService returns a new instance of CRIContainerdService
 func NewCRIContainerdService(config options.Config) (CRIContainerdService, error) {
 	var err error
-	if config.CgroupPath != "" {
-		_, err := loadCgroup(config.CgroupPath)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load cgroup for cgroup path %v: %v", config.CgroupPath, err)
-		}
-	}
-	if config.OOMScore != 0 {
-		if err := sys.SetOOMScore(os.Getpid(), config.OOMScore); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to set OOMScore to %v: %v", config.OOMScore, err)
-		}
-	}
-
 	c := &criContainerdService{
 		config:             config,
 		apparmorEnabled:    runcapparmor.IsEnabled(),