diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils.go
index 7c58a442ca4..4a403eb5a45 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils.go
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ func ManifestFilesAreEqual(path1, path2 string) (bool, error) {
 	if bytes.Equal(hash1, hash2) {
 		return true, nil
 	}
-	klog.V(4).Infof("Pod manifest files diff:\n%s\n", cmp.Diff(pod1, pod2))
+	klog.V(4).Infof("Pod manifest files diff:\n%s\n", cmp.Diff(pod2, pod1))
 	return false, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils_test.go
index 1dd6863e6eb..bb063b4de85 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils_test.go
@@ -652,6 +652,22 @@ spec:
   - image: gcr.io/google_containers/etcd-amd64:3.1.11
 status: {}
 `
+	invalidWithDefaultFields = `
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    tier: control-plane
+    component: etcd
+  name: etcd
+  namespace: kube-system
+spec:
+  containers:
+  - image: gcr.io/google_containers/etcd-amd64:3.1.11
+  restartPolicy: "Always"
+status: {}
+`
+
 	validPod2 = `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
@@ -749,6 +765,12 @@ func TestManifestFilesAreEqual(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedResult: false,
 			expectErr:      false,
 		},
+		{
+			description:    "manifests are not equal for adding new defaults",
+			podYamls:       []string{validPod, invalidWithDefaultFields},
+			expectedResult: false,
+			expectErr:      false,
+		},
 		{
 			description:    "first manifest doesn't exist",
 			podYamls:       []string{validPod, ""},