diff --git a/roles/reset/tasks/main.yml b/roles/reset/tasks/main.yml
index 6405f4d38..1ae226380 100644
--- a/roles/reset/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/reset/tasks/main.yml
@@ -253,6 +253,13 @@
     - enable_nodelocaldns|default(false)|bool
     - nodelocaldns_device.stat.exists
 
+- name: reset | Remove immutable flag from /var/lib/kubelet subdirs
+  file:
+    path: /var/lib/kubelet
+    state: directory
+    attributes: "-i"
+    recurse: true
+
 - name: reset | delete some files and directories
   file:
     path: "{{ item }}"