diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks_test.go
index 16ffdae4c4e..c66979d0219 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks_test.go
@@ -701,14 +701,24 @@ func TestSetHasItemOrAll(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestImagePullCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	fcmd := fakeexec.FakeCmd{
+		RunScript: []fakeexec.FakeRunAction{
+			// Test case 1: img1 and img2 exist, img3 doesn't exist
+			func() ([]byte, []byte, error) { return nil, nil, nil },
+			func() ([]byte, []byte, error) { return nil, nil, nil },
+			func() ([]byte, []byte, error) { return nil, nil, &fakeexec.FakeExitError{Status: 1} },
+
+			// Test case 2: images don't exist
+			func() ([]byte, []byte, error) { return nil, nil, &fakeexec.FakeExitError{Status: 1} },
+			func() ([]byte, []byte, error) { return nil, nil, &fakeexec.FakeExitError{Status: 1} },
+			func() ([]byte, []byte, error) { return nil, nil, &fakeexec.FakeExitError{Status: 1} },
+		},
 		CombinedOutputScript: []fakeexec.FakeCombinedOutputAction{
-			func() ([]byte, error) { return nil, nil }, // Test case 1
-			func() ([]byte, error) { return nil, nil },
-			func() ([]byte, error) { return nil, nil },
-			func() ([]byte, error) { return []byte("error"), &fakeexec.FakeExitError{Status: 1} }, // Test case 2
-			func() ([]byte, error) { return nil, nil },
+			// Test case1: pull only img3
 			func() ([]byte, error) { return nil, nil },
+			// Test case 2: fail to pull image2 and image3
 			func() ([]byte, error) { return nil, nil },
+			func() ([]byte, error) { return []byte("error"), &fakeexec.FakeExitError{Status: 1} },
+			func() ([]byte, error) { return []byte("error"), &fakeexec.FakeExitError{Status: 1} },
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -721,6 +731,9 @@ func TestImagePullCheck(t *testing.T) {
 			func(cmd string, args ...string) exec.Cmd { return fakeexec.InitFakeCmd(&fcmd, cmd, args...) },
 			func(cmd string, args ...string) exec.Cmd { return fakeexec.InitFakeCmd(&fcmd, cmd, args...) },
 			func(cmd string, args ...string) exec.Cmd { return fakeexec.InitFakeCmd(&fcmd, cmd, args...) },
+			func(cmd string, args ...string) exec.Cmd { return fakeexec.InitFakeCmd(&fcmd, cmd, args...) },
+			func(cmd string, args ...string) exec.Cmd { return fakeexec.InitFakeCmd(&fcmd, cmd, args...) },
+			func(cmd string, args ...string) exec.Cmd { return fakeexec.InitFakeCmd(&fcmd, cmd, args...) },
 		},
 		LookPathFunc: func(cmd string) (string, error) { return "/usr/bin/docker", nil },
 	}
@@ -746,7 +759,7 @@ func TestImagePullCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(warnings) != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("did not expect any warnings but got %q", warnings)
 	}
-	if len(errors) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 1 errors but got %d: %q", len(errors), errors)
+	if len(errors) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 errors but got %d: %q", len(errors), errors)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/runtime/runtime.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/runtime/runtime.go
index da950413a5b..1526895216e 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/runtime/runtime.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -172,18 +172,12 @@ func (runtime *DockerRuntime) PullImage(image string) error {
 
 // ImageExists checks to see if the image exists on the system
 func (runtime *CRIRuntime) ImageExists(image string) (bool, error) {
-	out, err := runtime.exec.Command("crictl", "-r", runtime.criSocket, "inspecti", image).CombinedOutput()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("output: %s, error: %v", string(out), err)
-	}
-	return true, nil
+	err := runtime.exec.Command("crictl", "-r", runtime.criSocket, "inspecti", image).Run()
+	return err == nil, nil
 }
 
 // ImageExists checks to see if the image exists on the system
 func (runtime *DockerRuntime) ImageExists(image string) (bool, error) {
-	out, err := runtime.exec.Command("docker", "inspect", image).CombinedOutput()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("output: %s, error: %v", string(out), err)
-	}
-	return true, nil
+	err := runtime.exec.Command("docker", "inspect", image).Run()
+	return err == nil, nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/runtime/runtime_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/runtime/runtime_test.go
index 47cc591bd99..d4702d11203 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/runtime/runtime_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/runtime/runtime_test.go
@@ -266,15 +266,15 @@ func TestPullImage(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestImageExists(t *testing.T) {
 	fcmd := fakeexec.FakeCmd{
-		CombinedOutputScript: []fakeexec.FakeCombinedOutputAction{
-			func() ([]byte, error) { return nil, nil },
-			func() ([]byte, error) { return []byte("error"), &fakeexec.FakeExitError{Status: 1} },
-			func() ([]byte, error) { return nil, nil },
-			func() ([]byte, error) { return []byte("error"), &fakeexec.FakeExitError{Status: 1} },
+		RunScript: []fakeexec.FakeRunAction{
+			func() ([]byte, []byte, error) { return nil, nil, nil },
+			func() ([]byte, []byte, error) { return nil, nil, &fakeexec.FakeExitError{Status: 1} },
+			func() ([]byte, []byte, error) { return nil, nil, nil },
+			func() ([]byte, []byte, error) { return nil, nil, &fakeexec.FakeExitError{Status: 1} },
 		},
 	}
 	execer := fakeexec.FakeExec{
-		CommandScript: genFakeActions(&fcmd, len(fcmd.CombinedOutputScript)),
+		CommandScript: genFakeActions(&fcmd, len(fcmd.RunScript)),
 		LookPathFunc:  func(cmd string) (string, error) { return "/usr/bin/crictl", nil },
 	}
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func TestImageExists(t *testing.T) {
 		name      string
 		criSocket string
 		image     string
-		isError   bool
+		result    bool
 	}{
 		{"valid: test if image exists using CRI", "unix:///var/run/crio/crio.sock", "image1", false},
 		{"invalid: CRI inspecti failure", "unix:///var/run/crio/crio.sock", "image2", true},
@@ -298,14 +298,8 @@ func TestImageExists(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			result, err := runtime.ImageExists(tc.image)
-			if result && err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("unexpected ImageExists result %v and error: %v", result, err)
-			}
-			if !tc.isError && err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("unexpected ImageExists error: %v, criSocket: %s, image: %s", err, tc.criSocket, tc.image)
-			}
-			if tc.isError && err == nil {
-				t.Errorf("unexpected ImageExists success, criSocket: %s, image: %s", tc.criSocket, tc.image)
+			if !tc.result != result {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected ImageExists result: %t, criSocket: %s, image: %s, expected result: %t", err, tc.criSocket, tc.image, tc.result)
 			}
 		})
 	}