diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/config/common.go b/pkg/kubelet/config/common.go
index 93957d2b82e..cd4b62d98d6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/config/common.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/config/common.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func getSelfLink(name, namespace string) string {
 	if len(namespace) == 0 {
 		namespace = metav1.NamespaceDefault
 	}
-	selfLink = fmt.Sprintf("/api/"+api.Registry.GroupOrDie(api.GroupName).GroupVersion.Version+"/pods/namespaces/%s/%s", name, namespace)
+	selfLink = fmt.Sprintf("/api/"+api.Registry.GroupOrDie(api.GroupName).GroupVersion.Version+"/namespaces/%s/pods/%s", namespace, name)
 	return selfLink
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/config/common_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/config/common_test.go
index 47774f91b7a..589f79a215d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/config/common_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/config/common_test.go
@@ -160,3 +160,31 @@ func TestDecodePodList(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGetSelfLink(t *testing.T) {
+	var testCases = []struct {
+		desc             string
+		name             string
+		namespace        string
+		expectedSelfLink string
+	}{
+		{
+			desc:             "No namespace specified",
+			name:             "foo",
+			namespace:        "",
+			expectedSelfLink: "/api/v1/namespaces/default/pods/foo",
+		},
+		{
+			desc:             "Namespace specified",
+			name:             "foo",
+			namespace:        "bar",
+			expectedSelfLink: "/api/v1/namespaces/bar/pods/foo",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, testCase := range testCases {
+		selfLink := getSelfLink(testCase.name, testCase.namespace)
+		if testCase.expectedSelfLink != selfLink {
+			t.Errorf("%s: getSelfLink error, expected: %s, got: %s", testCase.desc, testCase.expectedSelfLink, selfLink)
+		}
+	}
+}