diff --git a/tools/container/container.go b/tools/container/container.go
index 20d669b1..953e901b 100644
--- a/tools/container/container.go
+++ b/tools/container/container.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package container
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/pkg/config/engine"
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/tools/container/operator"
@@ -25,6 +27,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
+const (
+	restartModeNone    = "none"
+	restartModeSignal  = "signal"
+	restartModeSystemd = "systemd"
+)
+
 // Options defines the shared options for the CLIs to configure containers runtimes.
 type Options struct {
 	Config        string
@@ -121,3 +129,41 @@ func (o Options) RevertConfig(cfg engine.Interface) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// Restart restarts the specified service
+func (o Options) Restart(service string, withSignal func(string) error) error {
+	switch o.RestartMode {
+	case restartModeNone:
+		logrus.Warnf("Skipping restart of %v due to --restart-mode=%v", service, o.RestartMode)
+		return nil
+	case restartModeSignal:
+		return withSignal(o.Socket)
+	case restartModeSystemd:
+		return o.SystemdRestart(service)
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("invalid restart mode specified: %v", o.RestartMode)
+}
+
+// SystemdRestart restarts the specified service using systemd
+func (o Options) SystemdRestart(service string) error {
+	var args []string
+	var msg string
+	if o.HostRootMount != "" {
+		msg = " on host"
+		args = append(args, "chroot", o.HostRootMount)
+	}
+	args = append(args, "systemctl", "restart", service)
+
+	logrus.Infof("Restarting %v%v using systemd: %v", service, msg, args)
+
+	cmd := exec.Command(args[0], args[1:]...)
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error restarting %v using systemd: %v", service, err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/tools/container/containerd/containerd.go b/tools/container/containerd/containerd.go
index 548d09c5..d0a3670e 100644
--- a/tools/container/containerd/containerd.go
+++ b/tools/container/containerd/containerd.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -32,10 +31,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	restartModeSignal  = "signal"
-	restartModeSystemd = "systemd"
-	restartModeNone    = "none"
-
 	nvidiaRuntimeName               = "nvidia"
 	nvidiaRuntimeBinary             = "nvidia-container-runtime"
 	nvidiaExperimentalRuntimeName   = "nvidia-experimental"
@@ -46,7 +41,7 @@ const (
 	defaultRuntimeClass  = "nvidia"
 	defaultRuntmeType    = "io.containerd.runc.v2"
 	defaultSetAsDefault  = true
-	defaultRestartMode   = restartModeSignal
+	defaultRestartMode   = "signal"
 	defaultHostRootMount = "/host"
 
 	reloadBackoff     = 5 * time.Second
@@ -257,31 +252,16 @@ func Cleanup(c *cli.Context, o *options) error {
 
 // RestartContainerd restarts containerd depending on the value of restartModeFlag
 func RestartContainerd(o *options) error {
-	switch o.RestartMode {
-	case restartModeNone:
-		log.Warnf("Skipping sending signal to containerd due to --restart-mode=%v", o.RestartMode)
-		return nil
-	case restartModeSignal:
-		err := SignalContainerd(o)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to signal containerd: %v", err)
-		}
-	case restartModeSystemd:
-		return RestartContainerdSystemd(o.HostRootMount)
-	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("Invalid restart mode specified: %v", o.RestartMode)
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	return o.Restart("containerd", SignalContainerd)
 }
 
 // SignalContainerd sends a SIGHUP signal to the containerd daemon
-func SignalContainerd(o *options) error {
+func SignalContainerd(socket string) error {
 	log.Infof("Sending SIGHUP signal to containerd")
 
 	// Wrap the logic to perform the SIGHUP in a function so we can retry it on failure
 	retriable := func() error {
-		conn, err := net.Dial("unix", o.Socket)
+		conn, err := net.Dial("unix", socket)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to dial: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -355,24 +335,6 @@ func SignalContainerd(o *options) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// RestartContainerdSystemd restarts containerd using systemctl
-func RestartContainerdSystemd(hostRootMount string) error {
-	log.Infof("Restarting containerd using systemd and host root mounted at %v", hostRootMount)
-
-	command := "chroot"
-	args := []string{hostRootMount, "systemctl", "restart", "containerd"}
-
-	cmd := exec.Command(command, args...)
-	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
-	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
-	err := cmd.Run()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error restarting containerd using systemd: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 // containerAnnotationsFromCDIPrefixes returns the container annotations to set for the given CDI prefixes.
 func (o *options) containerAnnotationsFromCDIPrefixes() []string {
 	var annotations []string
diff --git a/tools/container/crio/crio.go b/tools/container/crio/crio.go
index 0d8a1feb..ac3b059a 100644
--- a/tools/container/crio/crio.go
+++ b/tools/container/crio/crio.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/config"
@@ -32,9 +31,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	restartModeSystemd = "systemd"
-	restartModeNone    = "none"
-
 	defaultConfigMode = "hook"
 
 	// Hook-based settings
@@ -46,7 +42,7 @@ const (
 	defaultSocket        = "/var/run/crio/crio.sock"
 	defaultRuntimeClass  = "nvidia"
 	defaultSetAsDefault  = true
-	defaultRestartMode   = restartModeSystemd
+	defaultRestartMode   = "systemd"
 	defaultHostRootMount = "/host"
 )
 
@@ -117,7 +113,8 @@ func main() {
 			Value:       "",
 			Destination: &options.Socket,
 			EnvVars:     []string{"CRIO_SOCKET", "RUNTIME_SOCKET"},
-			Hidden:      true,
+			// Note: We hide this option since restarting cri-o via a socket is not supported.
+			Hidden: true,
 		},
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:        "restart-mode",
@@ -179,7 +176,6 @@ func main() {
 			Destination: &options.configMode,
 			EnvVars:     []string{"CRIO_CONFIG_MODE"},
 		},
-		// The flags below are only used by the 'setup' command.
 	}
 
 	// Update the subcommand flags with the common subcommand flags
@@ -341,31 +337,5 @@ func generateOciHook(toolkitDir string) podmanHook {
 
 // RestartCrio restarts crio depending on the value of restartModeFlag
 func RestartCrio(o *options) error {
-	switch o.RestartMode {
-	case restartModeNone:
-		log.Warnf("Skipping restart of crio due to --restart-mode=%v", o.RestartMode)
-		return nil
-	case restartModeSystemd:
-		return RestartCrioSystemd(o.HostRootMount)
-	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid restart mode specified: %v", o.RestartMode)
-	}
-}
-
-// RestartCrioSystemd restarts cri-o using systemctl
-func RestartCrioSystemd(hostRootMount string) error {
-	log.Infof("Restarting cri-o using systemd and host root mounted at %v", hostRootMount)
-
-	command := "chroot"
-	args := []string{hostRootMount, "systemctl", "restart", "crio"}
-
-	cmd := exec.Command(command, args...)
-	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
-	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
-	err := cmd.Run()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error restarting crio using systemd: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	return o.Restart("crio", func(string) error { return fmt.Errorf("supporting crio via signal is unsupported") })
 }
diff --git a/tools/container/docker/docker.go b/tools/container/docker/docker.go
index 8807af8a..ddd32af4 100644
--- a/tools/container/docker/docker.go
+++ b/tools/container/docker/docker.go
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	restartModeSignal = "signal"
-	restartModeNone   = "none"
-
 	nvidiaRuntimeName               = "nvidia"
 	nvidiaRuntimeBinary             = "nvidia-container-runtime"
 	nvidiaExperimentalRuntimeName   = "nvidia-experimental"
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@ const (
 	defaultSetAsDefault = true
 	// defaultRuntimeName specifies the NVIDIA runtime to be use as the default runtime if setting the default runtime is enabled
 	defaultRuntimeName   = nvidiaRuntimeName
-	defaultRestartMode   = restartModeSignal
+	defaultRestartMode   = "signal"
 	defaultHostRootMount = "/host"
 
 	reloadBackoff     = 5 * time.Second
@@ -119,7 +116,7 @@ func main() {
 		},
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:        "restart-mode",
-			Usage:       "Specify how docker should be restarted; If 'none' is selected it will not be restarted [signal | none]",
+			Usage:       "Specify how docker should be restarted; If 'none' is selected it will not be restarted [signal | systemd | none ]",
 			Value:       defaultRestartMode,
 			Destination: &options.RestartMode,
 			EnvVars:     []string{"DOCKER_RESTART_MODE", "RUNTIME_RESTART_MODE"},
@@ -224,19 +221,7 @@ func Cleanup(c *cli.Context, o *options) error {
 
 // RestartDocker restarts docker depending on the value of restartModeFlag
 func RestartDocker(o *options) error {
-	switch o.RestartMode {
-	case restartModeNone:
-		log.Warnf("Skipping sending signal to docker due to --restart-mode=%v", o.RestartMode)
-	case restartModeSignal:
-		err := SignalDocker(o.Socket)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to signal docker: %v", err)
-		}
-	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid restart mode specified: %v", o.RestartMode)
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	return o.Restart("docker", SignalDocker)
 }
 
 // SignalDocker sends a SIGHUP signal to docker daemon