diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/reset.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/reset.go
index 6b43088895c..2e950fa87e7 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/reset.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/reset.go
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ func resetConfigDir(configPathDir, pkiPathDir string) {
 	filesToClean := []string{
 		filepath.Join(configPathDir, kubeadmconstants.AdminKubeConfigFileName),
 		filepath.Join(configPathDir, kubeadmconstants.KubeletKubeConfigFileName),
+		filepath.Join(configPathDir, kubeadmconstants.KubeletBootstrapKubeConfigFileName),
 		filepath.Join(configPathDir, kubeadmconstants.ControllerManagerKubeConfigFileName),
 		filepath.Join(configPathDir, kubeadmconstants.SchedulerKubeConfigFileName),
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
index 88547dde055..8931678798a 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
@@ -975,6 +975,7 @@ func RunJoinNodeChecks(execer utilsexec.Interface, cfg *kubeadmapi.NodeConfigura
 		DirAvailableCheck{Path: filepath.Join(kubeadmconstants.KubernetesDir, kubeadmconstants.ManifestsSubDirName)},
 		FileAvailableCheck{Path: cfg.CACertPath},
 		FileAvailableCheck{Path: filepath.Join(kubeadmconstants.KubernetesDir, kubeadmconstants.KubeletKubeConfigFileName)},
+		FileAvailableCheck{Path: filepath.Join(kubeadmconstants.KubernetesDir, kubeadmconstants.KubeletBootstrapKubeConfigFileName)},
 	}
 	if useCRI {
 		checks = append(checks, CRICheck{socket: criSocket, exec: execer})