diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd/etcd.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd/etcd.go
index e7772f6ddad..0a3ca0158ff 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd/etcd.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd/etcd.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ type Member struct {
 }
 
 // GetMemberID returns the member ID of the given peer URL
-func (c Client) GetMemberID(peerURL string) (uint64, error) {
+func (c *Client) GetMemberID(peerURL string) (uint64, error) {
 	cli, err := clientv3.New(clientv3.Config{
 		Endpoints:   c.Endpoints,
 		DialTimeout: 30 * time.Second,
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func (c Client) GetMemberID(peerURL string) (uint64, error) {
 }
 
 // RemoveMember notifies an etcd cluster to remove an existing member
-func (c Client) RemoveMember(id uint64) ([]Member, error) {
+func (c *Client) RemoveMember(id uint64) ([]Member, error) {
 	cli, err := clientv3.New(clientv3.Config{
 		Endpoints:   c.Endpoints,
 		DialTimeout: 30 * time.Second,
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func (c *Client) AddMember(name string, peerAddrs string) ([]Member, error) {
 
 // GetVersion returns the etcd version of the cluster.
 // An error is returned if the version of all endpoints do not match
-func (c Client) GetVersion() (string, error) {
+func (c *Client) GetVersion() (string, error) {
 	var clusterVersion string
 
 	versions, err := c.GetClusterVersions()
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func (c Client) GetVersion() (string, error) {
 }
 
 // GetClusterVersions returns a map of the endpoints and their associated versions
-func (c Client) GetClusterVersions() (map[string]string, error) {
+func (c *Client) GetClusterVersions() (map[string]string, error) {
 	versions := make(map[string]string)
 	statuses, err := c.GetClusterStatus()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func (c Client) GetClusterVersions() (map[string]string, error) {
 }
 
 // ClusterAvailable returns true if the cluster status indicates the cluster is available.
-func (c Client) ClusterAvailable() (bool, error) {
+func (c *Client) ClusterAvailable() (bool, error) {
 	_, err := c.GetClusterStatus()
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func (c Client) ClusterAvailable() (bool, error) {
 }
 
 // GetClusterStatus returns nil for status Up or error for status Down
-func (c Client) GetClusterStatus() (map[string]*clientv3.StatusResponse, error) {
+func (c *Client) GetClusterStatus() (map[string]*clientv3.StatusResponse, error) {
 	cli, err := clientv3.New(clientv3.Config{
 		Endpoints:   c.Endpoints,
 		DialTimeout: 5 * time.Second,
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ func (c Client) GetClusterStatus() (map[string]*clientv3.StatusResponse, error)
 }
 
 // WaitForClusterAvailable returns true if all endpoints in the cluster are available after retry attempts, an error is returned otherwise
-func (c Client) WaitForClusterAvailable(retries int, retryInterval time.Duration) (bool, error) {
+func (c *Client) WaitForClusterAvailable(retries int, retryInterval time.Duration) (bool, error) {
 	for i := 0; i < retries; i++ {
 		if i > 0 {
 			fmt.Printf("[util/etcd] Waiting %v until next retry\n", retryInterval)