diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/types.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/types.go
index f45e5e42d8b..419abf08335 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/types.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/types.go
@@ -300,6 +300,8 @@ type HostPathMount struct {
 	MountPath string
 	// Writable controls write access to the volume
 	Writable bool
+	// PathType is the type of the HostPath.
+	PathType string
 }
 
 // KubeProxy contains elements describing the proxy configuration.
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/volumes.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/volumes.go
index e3761dbe989..489e1b95037 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/volumes.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/volumes.go
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ func getHostPathVolumesForTheControlPlane(cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration) c
 
 	// Merge user defined mounts and ensure unique volume and volume mount
 	// names
-	mounts.AddExtraHostPathMounts(kubeadmconstants.KubeAPIServer, cfg.APIServerExtraVolumes, &hostPathDirectoryOrCreate)
-	mounts.AddExtraHostPathMounts(kubeadmconstants.KubeControllerManager, cfg.ControllerManagerExtraVolumes, &hostPathDirectoryOrCreate)
-	mounts.AddExtraHostPathMounts(kubeadmconstants.KubeScheduler, cfg.SchedulerExtraVolumes, &hostPathDirectoryOrCreate)
+	mounts.AddExtraHostPathMounts(kubeadmconstants.KubeAPIServer, cfg.APIServerExtraVolumes)
+	mounts.AddExtraHostPathMounts(kubeadmconstants.KubeControllerManager, cfg.ControllerManagerExtraVolumes)
+	mounts.AddExtraHostPathMounts(kubeadmconstants.KubeScheduler, cfg.SchedulerExtraVolumes)
 
 	return mounts
 }
@@ -155,10 +155,11 @@ func (c *controlPlaneHostPathMounts) AddHostPathMounts(component string, vols []
 
 // AddExtraHostPathMounts adds host path mounts and overwrites the default
 // paths in the case that a user specifies the same volume/volume mount name.
-func (c *controlPlaneHostPathMounts) AddExtraHostPathMounts(component string, extraVols []kubeadmapi.HostPathMount, hostPathType *v1.HostPathType) {
+func (c *controlPlaneHostPathMounts) AddExtraHostPathMounts(component string, extraVols []kubeadmapi.HostPathMount) {
 	for _, extraVol := range extraVols {
 		fmt.Printf("[controlplane] Adding extra host path mount %q to %q\n", extraVol.Name, component)
-		c.NewHostPathMount(component, extraVol.Name, extraVol.HostPath, extraVol.MountPath, !extraVol.Writable, hostPathType)
+		hostPathType := v1.HostPathType(extraVol.PathType)
+		c.NewHostPathMount(component, extraVol.Name, extraVol.HostPath, extraVol.MountPath, !extraVol.Writable, &hostPathType)
 	}
 }