diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils.go b/pkg/utils/utils.go
index 2fe7dde9..374f779b 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -702,9 +702,10 @@ func DetectContainerRuntimeViaK8sAPI(ctx context.Context, k8sClient *k8sinterfac
 	// override the socket path
 	realSocketPath, err := getContainerRuntimeSocketPath(k8sClient, nodeName)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get container runtime socket path from Kubelet configz: %v", err)
+		logger.L().Warning("failed to get container runtime socket path from Kubelet configz", helpers.String("error", err.Error()))
+	} else {
+		runtimeConfig.SocketPath = realSocketPath
 	}
-	runtimeConfig.SocketPath = realSocketPath
 	// unset the runtime protocol
 	runtimeConfig.RuntimeProtocol = ""
 	return runtimeConfig, nil