diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
index 1cfb73a4dd1..6cc30e29005 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
@@ -85,8 +85,13 @@
   {% set configure_cbr0 = "--configure-cbr0=" + pillar['allocate_node_cidrs'] -%}
 {% endif -%}
 
+# The master kubelet cannot wait for the flannel daemon because it is responsible
+# for starting up the flannel server in a static pod. So even though the flannel
+# daemon runs on the master, it doesn't hold up cluster bootstrap. All the pods
+# on the master run with host networking, so the master flannel doesn't care
+# even if the network changes. We only need it for the master proxy.
 {% set experimental_flannel_overlay = "" -%}
-{% if pillar.get('network_provider', '').lower() == 'flannel' %}
+{% if pillar.get('network_provider', '').lower() == 'flannel' and grains['roles'][0] != 'kubernetes-master' %}
   {% set experimental_flannel_overlay = "--experimental-flannel-overlay=true" %}
 {% endif -%}
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 5f3476b14e4..5db68fb323e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -317,14 +317,6 @@ func NewMainKubelet(
 	if klet.flannelExperimentalOverlay {
 		glog.Infof("Flannel is in charge of podCIDR and overlay networking.")
 	}
-	if klet.kubeClient == nil {
-		// The master kubelet cannot wait for the flannel daemon because it is responsible
-		// for starting up the flannel server in a static pod. So even though the flannel
-		// daemon runs on the master, it doesn't hold up cluster bootstrap. All the pods
-		// on the master run with host networking, so the master flannel doesn't care
-		// even if the network changes. We only need it for the master proxy.
-		klet.flannelExperimentalOverlay = false
-	}
 	if plug, err := network.InitNetworkPlugin(networkPlugins, networkPluginName, &networkHost{klet}); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	} else {