diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
index b55aa9e87c..5e50cdfbf2 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -327,7 +326,7 @@ func newInitData(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, options *initOptions, out io
 	// if dry running creates a temporary folder for saving kubeadm generated files
 	dryRunDir := ""
 	if options.dryRun {
-		if dryRunDir, err = ioutil.TempDir("", "kubeadm-init-dryrun"); err != nil {
+		if dryRunDir, err = kubeadmconstants.CreateTempDirForKubeadm("kubeadm-init-dryrun"); err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "couldn't create a temporary directory")
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/node.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/node.go
index 3115b00ea6..95af938ec3 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/node.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/node.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package upgrade
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ func RunUpgradeNodeConfig(flags *nodeUpgradeFlags) error {
 	}
 
 	// Set up the kubelet directory to use. If dry-running, use a fake directory
-	kubeletDir, err := getKubeletDir(flags.dryRun)
+	kubeletDir, err := upgrade.GetKubeletDir(flags.dryRun)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -192,18 +191,6 @@ func RunUpgradeNodeConfig(flags *nodeUpgradeFlags) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// getKubeletDir gets the kubelet directory based on whether the user is dry-running this command or not.
-func getKubeletDir(dryRun bool) (string, error) {
-	if dryRun {
-		dryRunDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "kubeadm-init-dryrun")
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", errors.Wrap(err, "couldn't create a temporary directory")
-		}
-		return dryRunDir, nil
-	}
-	return constants.KubeletRunDirectory, nil
-}
-
 // printFilesIfDryRunning prints the Static Pod manifests to stdout and informs about the temporary directory to go and lookup
 func printFilesIfDryRunning(dryRun bool, kubeletDir string) error {
 	if !dryRun {
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/postupgrade.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/postupgrade.go
index 4ac31dd0a7..cfc62bc751 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/postupgrade.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/postupgrade.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package upgrade
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
@@ -185,7 +184,7 @@ func BackupAPIServerCertIfNeeded(cfg *kubeadmapi.InitConfiguration, dryRun bool)
 }
 
 func writeKubeletConfigFiles(client clientset.Interface, cfg *kubeadmapi.InitConfiguration, newK8sVer *version.Version, dryRun bool) error {
-	kubeletDir, err := getKubeletDir(dryRun)
+	kubeletDir, err := GetKubeletDir(dryRun)
 	if err != nil {
 		// The error here should never occur in reality, would only be thrown if /tmp doesn't exist on the machine.
 		return err
@@ -221,11 +220,10 @@ func writeKubeletConfigFiles(client clientset.Interface, cfg *kubeadmapi.InitCon
 	return errorsutil.NewAggregate(errs)
 }
 
-// getKubeletDir gets the kubelet directory based on whether the user is dry-running this command or not.
-// TODO: Consolidate this with similar funcs?
-func getKubeletDir(dryRun bool) (string, error) {
+// GetKubeletDir gets the kubelet directory based on whether the user is dry-running this command or not.
+func GetKubeletDir(dryRun bool) (string, error) {
 	if dryRun {
-		return ioutil.TempDir("", "kubeadm-upgrade-dryrun")
+		return kubeadmconstants.CreateTempDirForKubeadm("kubeadm-upgrade-dryrun")
 	}
 	return kubeadmconstants.KubeletRunDirectory, nil
 }