diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/master/manifests.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/master/manifests.go
index df0b7cbeb2..0052fd88e3 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/master/manifests.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/master/manifests.go
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ func componentProbe(port int, path string) *api.Probe {
 		},
 		InitialDelaySeconds: 15,
 		TimeoutSeconds:      15,
+		FailureThreshold:    8,
 	}
 }