diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
index e09f0d8cb5..1b0950745f 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
@@ -258,8 +258,9 @@ func RunJoinNodeChecks(cfg *kubeadmapi.NodeConfiguration) error {
 		PortOpenCheck{port: 10250},
 		HttpProxyCheck{Proto: "https", Host: cfg.MasterAddresses[0], Port: int(cfg.APIPort)},
 		HttpProxyCheck{Proto: "http", Host: cfg.MasterAddresses[0], Port: int(cfg.DiscoveryPort)},
-		DirAvailableCheck{Path: "/etc/kubernetes"},
+		DirAvailableCheck{Path: "/etc/kubernetes/manifests"},
 		DirAvailableCheck{Path: "/var/lib/kubelet"},
+		FileAvailableCheck{Path: "/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf"},
 		InPathCheck{executable: "ebtables", mandatory: true},
 		InPathCheck{executable: "ethtool", mandatory: true},
 		InPathCheck{executable: "ip", mandatory: true},