diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/controlplane.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/controlplane.go
index 9e84aba83e0..49dcf24e92f 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/controlplane.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/controlplane.go
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ func getControlPlanePhaseFlags(name string) []string {
 		options.CertificatesDir,
 		options.KubernetesVersion,
 		options.ImageRepository,
+		options.Patches,
 	}
 	if name == "all" || name == kubeadmconstants.KubeAPIServer {
 		flags = append(flags,