diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/initconfiguration.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/initconfiguration.go
index 6b15b6bc5bb..8eefdbca3d1 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/initconfiguration.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/initconfiguration.go
@@ -381,6 +381,11 @@ func documentMapToInitConfiguration(gvkmap kubeadmapi.DocumentMap, allowDeprecat
 	// If ClusterConfiguration was given, populate it in the InitConfiguration struct
 	if clustercfg != nil {
 		initcfg.ClusterConfiguration = *clustercfg
+
+		// TODO: Workaround for missing v1beta3 ClusterConfiguration timeout conversion. Remove this conversion once the v1beta3 is removed
+		if clustercfg.APIServer.TimeoutForControlPlane.Duration != 0 && clustercfg.APIServer.TimeoutForControlPlane.Duration != kubeadmconstants.ControlPlaneComponentHealthCheckTimeout {
+			initcfg.Timeouts.ControlPlaneComponentHealthCheck.Duration = clustercfg.APIServer.TimeoutForControlPlane.Duration
+		}
 	} else {
 		// Populate the internal InitConfiguration.ClusterConfiguration with defaults
 		extclustercfg := &kubeadmapiv1.ClusterConfiguration{}