diff --git a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
index 2deae1f8893..824a86dbf7a 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
@@ -217,8 +217,7 @@ func newProxyServer(ctx context.Context, config *kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyConfig
 	}
 
 	// NodeManager makes an informer that selects for the node where this kube-proxy is running
-	s.NodeManager, err = proxy.NewNodeManager(ctx, s.Client, s.Config.ConfigSyncPeriod.Duration,
-		s.NodeName, s.Config.DetectLocalMode == kubeproxyconfig.LocalModeNodeCIDR)
+	s.NodeManager, err = proxy.NewNodeManager(ctx, s.Client, s.NodeName, s.Config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/node.go b/pkg/proxy/node.go
index 3dfb786c2f6..d74e34ca108 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/node.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/node.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	corelisters "k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	kubeproxyconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/proxy/apis/config"
 	utilnode "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/node"
 )
 
@@ -61,8 +62,10 @@ type NodeManager struct {
 // NewNodeManager doesn't return any error if it failed to retrieve NodeIPs and watchPodCIDRs
 // is false.
 func NewNodeManager(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface,
-	resyncInterval time.Duration, nodeName string, watchPodCIDRs bool,
+	nodeName string, config *kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyConfiguration,
 ) (*NodeManager, error) {
+	resyncInterval := config.ConfigSyncPeriod.Duration
+	watchPodCIDRs := config.DetectLocalMode == kubeproxyconfig.LocalModeNodeCIDR
 	return newNodeManager(ctx, client, resyncInterval, nodeName, watchPodCIDRs, os.Exit, time.Second, 30*time.Second, 5*time.Minute)
 }