diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 0ef90c56c5f..756fe8b84ab 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ func NewMainKubelet(ctx context.Context,
 
 	// setup eviction manager
 	evictionManager, evictionAdmitHandler := eviction.NewManager(klet.resourceAnalyzer, evictionConfig,
-		killPodNow(logger, klet.podWorkers, kubeDeps.Recorder), klet.imageManager, klet.containerGC, kubeDeps.Recorder, nodeRef, klet.clock, kubeCfg.LocalStorageCapacityIsolation)
+		killPodNow(ctx, klet.podWorkers, kubeDeps.Recorder), klet.imageManager, klet.containerGC, kubeDeps.Recorder, nodeRef, klet.clock, kubeCfg.LocalStorageCapacityIsolation)
 
 	klet.evictionManager = evictionManager
 
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ func NewMainKubelet(ctx context.Context,
 
 	handlers = append(handlers, klet.containerManager.GetAllocateResourcesPodAdmitHandler())
 
-	criticalPodAdmissionHandler := preemption.NewCriticalPodAdmissionHandler(klet.getAllocatedPods, killPodNow(logger, klet.podWorkers, kubeDeps.Recorder), kubeDeps.Recorder)
+	criticalPodAdmissionHandler := preemption.NewCriticalPodAdmissionHandler(klet.getAllocatedPods, killPodNow(ctx, klet.podWorkers, kubeDeps.Recorder), kubeDeps.Recorder)
 	handlers = append(handlers, lifecycle.NewPredicateAdmitHandler(klet.GetCachedNode, criticalPodAdmissionHandler, klet.containerManager.UpdatePluginResources))
 	// apply functional Option's
 	for _, opt := range kubeDeps.Options {
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ func NewMainKubelet(ctx context.Context,
 		Recorder:                         kubeDeps.Recorder,
 		NodeRef:                          nodeRef,
 		GetPodsFunc:                      klet.GetActivePods,
-		KillPodFunc:                      killPodNow(logger, klet.podWorkers, kubeDeps.Recorder),
+		KillPodFunc:                      killPodNow(ctx, klet.podWorkers, kubeDeps.Recorder),
 		SyncNodeStatusFunc:               klet.syncNodeStatus,
 		ShutdownGracePeriodRequested:     kubeCfg.ShutdownGracePeriod.Duration,
 		ShutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods:  kubeCfg.ShutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods.Duration,
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
index ee3d90b4414..73d121fc6f3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ func newTestKubeletWithImageList(
 	}
 	// setup eviction manager
 	evictionManager, evictionAdmitHandler := eviction.NewManager(kubelet.resourceAnalyzer, eviction.Config{},
-		killPodNow(logger, kubelet.podWorkers, fakeRecorder), kubelet.imageManager, kubelet.containerGC, fakeRecorder, nodeRef, kubelet.clock, kubelet.supportLocalStorageCapacityIsolation())
+		killPodNow(tCtx, kubelet.podWorkers, fakeRecorder), kubelet.imageManager, kubelet.containerGC, fakeRecorder, nodeRef, kubelet.clock, kubelet.supportLocalStorageCapacityIsolation())
 
 	kubelet.evictionManager = evictionManager
 	handlers := []lifecycle.PodAdmitHandler{}
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ func newTestKubeletWithImageList(
 		Recorder:                        fakeRecorder,
 		NodeRef:                         nodeRef,
 		GetPodsFunc:                     kubelet.podManager.GetPods,
-		KillPodFunc:                     killPodNow(logger, kubelet.podWorkers, fakeRecorder),
+		KillPodFunc:                     killPodNow(tCtx, kubelet.podWorkers, fakeRecorder),
 		SyncNodeStatusFunc:              func(context.Context) {},
 		ShutdownGracePeriodRequested:    0,
 		ShutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0,
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/pod_workers.go b/pkg/kubelet/pod_workers.go
index 4822b8e99d1..8e90399a53f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/pod_workers.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/pod_workers.go
@@ -1673,7 +1673,7 @@ func (p *podWorkers) removeTerminatedWorker(logger klog.Logger, uid types.UID, s
 
 // killPodNow returns a KillPodFunc that can be used to kill a pod.
 // It is intended to be injected into other modules that need to kill a pod.
-func killPodNow(logger klog.Logger, podWorkers PodWorkers, recorder record.EventRecorder) eviction.KillPodFunc {
+func killPodNow(ctx context.Context, podWorkers PodWorkers, recorder record.EventRecorder) eviction.KillPodFunc {
 	return func(pod *v1.Pod, isEvicted bool, gracePeriodOverride *int64, statusFn func(*v1.PodStatus)) error {
 		// determine the grace period to use when killing the pod
 		gracePeriod := int64(0)
@@ -1695,8 +1695,7 @@ func killPodNow(logger klog.Logger, podWorkers PodWorkers, recorder record.Event
 		// open a channel we block against until we get a result
 		ch := make(chan struct{}, 1)
 		podWorkers.UpdatePod(
-			// KillPodFunc interface does not provide a context parameter.
-			klog.NewContext(context.TODO(), logger),
+			ctx,
 			UpdatePodOptions{
 				Pod:        pod,
 				UpdateType: kubetypes.SyncPodKill,
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/pod_workers_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/pod_workers_test.go
index 0af256d8f3a..e9802e391b0 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/pod_workers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/pod_workers_test.go
@@ -2227,9 +2227,9 @@ func TestFakePodWorkers(t *testing.T) {
 // TestKillPodNowFunc tests the blocking kill pod function works with pod workers as expected.
 func TestKillPodNowFunc(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeRecorder := &record.FakeRecorder{}
-	logger, _ := ktesting.NewTestContext(t)
+	logger, tCtx := ktesting.NewTestContext(t)
 	podWorkers, _, processed := createPodWorkers(logger)
-	killPodFunc := killPodNow(logger, podWorkers, fakeRecorder)
+	killPodFunc := killPodNow(tCtx, podWorkers, fakeRecorder)
 	pod := newNamedPod("test", "ns", "test", false)
 	gracePeriodOverride := int64(0)
 	err := killPodFunc(pod, false, &gracePeriodOverride, func(status *v1.PodStatus) {