diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cf3242416f5c8..18118f42e3e7b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20200121045136-8c9f03a8e57e
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.4.1
-	github.com/google/cadvisor v0.38.4
+	github.com/google/cadvisor v0.38.5
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ replace (
 	github.com/golangplus/fmt => github.com/golangplus/fmt v0.0.0-20150411045040-2a5d6d7d2995
 	github.com/golangplus/testing => github.com/golangplus/testing v0.0.0-20180327235837-af21d9c3145e
 	github.com/google/btree => github.com/google/btree v1.0.0
-	github.com/google/cadvisor => github.com/google/cadvisor v0.38.4
+	github.com/google/cadvisor => github.com/google/cadvisor v0.38.5
 	github.com/google/go-cmp => github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2
 	github.com/google/gofuzz => github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0
 	github.com/google/martian => github.com/google/martian v2.1.0+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1986df1d41eb5..32588af33392a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ github.com/golangplus/testing v0.0.0-20180327235837-af21d9c3145e h1:KhcknUwkWHKZ
 github.com/golangplus/testing v0.0.0-20180327235837-af21d9c3145e/go.mod h1:0AA//k/eakGydO4jKRoRL2j92ZKSzTgj9tclaCrvXHk=
 github.com/google/btree v1.0.0 h1:0udJVsspx3VBr5FwtLhQQtuAsVc79tTq0ocGIPAU6qo=
 github.com/google/btree v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
-github.com/google/cadvisor v0.38.4 h1:16HEU2icAgbzUSdrKZvb1dMRhvaqvaGyHnDy9nlbwts=
-github.com/google/cadvisor v0.38.4/go.mod h1:1OFB9sOOMkBdUBGCO/1SArawTnDscgMzTodacVDe8mA=
+github.com/google/cadvisor v0.38.5 h1:XOvqjL2+xMEuDORcLMv77NystZvQB7YgGxcKpRul/vE=
+github.com/google/cadvisor v0.38.5/go.mod h1:1OFB9sOOMkBdUBGCO/1SArawTnDscgMzTodacVDe8mA=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2 h1:X2ev0eStA3AbceY54o37/0PQ/UWqKEiiO2dKL5OPaFM=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0 h1:Hsa8mG0dQ46ij8Sl2AYJDUv1oA9/d6Vk+3LG99Oe02g=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/google/cadvisor/accelerators/nvidia.go b/vendor/github.com/google/cadvisor/accelerators/nvidia.go
index 08d5108f3876e..1c51b5deaed2e 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/google/cadvisor/accelerators/nvidia.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/google/cadvisor/accelerators/nvidia.go
@@ -58,9 +58,7 @@ func NewNvidiaManager(includedMetrics container.MetricSet) stats.Manager {
 	manager := &nvidiaManager{}
 	err := manager.setup()
 	if err != nil {
-		klog.Warningf("NVIDIA GPU metrics will not be available: %s", err)
-		manager.Destroy()
-		return &stats.NoopManager{}
+		klog.V(2).Infof("NVIDIA setup failed: %s", err)
 	}
 	return manager
 }
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 9e60bd012a51c..d789fe16f0dcf 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -521,9 +521,9 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/wrappers
 # github.com/google/btree v1.0.0 => github.com/google/btree v1.0.0
 github.com/google/btree
 # github.com/google/btree => github.com/google/btree v1.0.0
-# github.com/google/cadvisor v0.38.4 => github.com/google/cadvisor v0.38.4
+# github.com/google/cadvisor v0.38.5 => github.com/google/cadvisor v0.38.5
 ## explicit
-# github.com/google/cadvisor => github.com/google/cadvisor v0.38.4
+# github.com/google/cadvisor => github.com/google/cadvisor v0.38.5
 github.com/google/cadvisor/accelerators
 github.com/google/cadvisor/cache/memory
 github.com/google/cadvisor/client/v2