diff --git a/metrics/sources/kubelet/kubelet_client.go b/metrics/sources/kubelet/kubelet_client.go
index e7c61f6a2e..b23ae4b7a4 100644
--- a/metrics/sources/kubelet/kubelet_client.go
+++ b/metrics/sources/kubelet/kubelet_client.go
@@ -130,33 +130,35 @@ type statsRequest struct {
 	Subcontainers bool `json:"subcontainers,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// Get stats for all non-Kubernetes containers.
-func (self *KubeletClient) GetAllRawContainers(host Host, start, end time.Time) ([]cadvisor.ContainerInfo, error) {
-	scheme := "http"
+func (self *KubeletClient) getScheme() string {
 	if self.config != nil && self.config.EnableHttps {
-		scheme = "https"
+		return "https"
+	} else {
+		return "http"
 	}
+}
 
+func (self *KubeletClient) getUrl(host Host, path string) string {
 	url := url.URL{
-		Scheme: scheme,
+		Scheme: self.getScheme(),
 		Host:   host.String(),
-		Path:   "/stats/container/",
+		Path:   path,
 	}
 
-	return self.getAllContainers(url.String(), start, end)
+	return url.String()
+}
+
+// Get stats for all non-Kubernetes containers.
+func (self *KubeletClient) GetAllRawContainers(host Host, start, end time.Time) ([]cadvisor.ContainerInfo, error) {
+	url := self.getUrl(host, "/stats/container/")
+
+	return self.getAllContainers(url, start, end)
 }
 
 func (self *KubeletClient) GetSummary(host Host) (*stats.Summary, error) {
-	url := url.URL{
-		Scheme: "http",
-		Host:   host.String(),
-		Path:   "/stats/summary/",
-	}
-	if self.config != nil && self.config.EnableHttps {
-		url.Scheme = "https"
-	}
+	url := self.getUrl(host, "/stats/summary/")
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url.String(), nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}