diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go
index 78714ba0ea..60c7997498 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go
@@ -139,11 +139,10 @@ func CreateContainerNode(p CreateParams) error {
 	}
 	if p.OCIBinary == Docker {
 		runArgs = append(runArgs, "--volume", fmt.Sprintf("%s:/var", p.Name))
-		// setting resource limit in privileged mode is only supported by docker
-		// podman error: "Error: invalid configuration, cannot set resources with rootless containers not using cgroups v2 unified mode"
-		runArgs = append(runArgs, fmt.Sprintf("--cpus=%s", p.CPUs), fmt.Sprintf("--memory=%s", p.Memory))
 	}
 
+	runArgs = append(runArgs, fmt.Sprintf("--cpus=%s", p.CPUs), fmt.Sprintf("--memory=%s", p.Memory))
+
 	for key, val := range p.Envs {
 		runArgs = append(runArgs, "-e", fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", key, val))
 	}