diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation/validation.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation/validation.go
index 9c366ca96a7..0018fad1aa3 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation/validation.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation/validation.go
@@ -560,17 +560,16 @@ func ValidateMixedArguments(flag *pflag.FlagSet) error {
 }
 
 func isAllowedFlag(flagName string) bool {
-	knownFlags := sets.NewString(kubeadmcmdoptions.CfgPath,
+	allowedFlags := sets.NewString(kubeadmcmdoptions.CfgPath,
 		kubeadmcmdoptions.IgnorePreflightErrors,
 		kubeadmcmdoptions.DryRun,
 		kubeadmcmdoptions.KubeconfigPath,
 		kubeadmcmdoptions.NodeName,
-		kubeadmcmdoptions.NodeCRISocket,
 		kubeadmcmdoptions.KubeconfigDir,
 		kubeadmcmdoptions.UploadCerts,
 		kubeadmcmdoptions.Patches,
 		"print-join-command", "rootfs", "v")
-	if knownFlags.Has(flagName) {
+	if allowedFlags.Has(flagName) {
 		return true
 	}
 	return strings.HasPrefix(flagName, "skip-")
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
index 593db6277dc..e09f5e2b1e1 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
@@ -351,13 +351,10 @@ func newInitData(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, options *initOptions, out io
 	// Also set the union of pre-flight errors to InitConfiguration, to provide a consistent view of the runtime configuration:
 	cfg.NodeRegistration.IgnorePreflightErrors = ignorePreflightErrorsSet.List()
 
-	// override node name and CRI socket from the command line options
+	// override node name from the command line option
 	if options.externalInitCfg.NodeRegistration.Name != "" {
 		cfg.NodeRegistration.Name = options.externalInitCfg.NodeRegistration.Name
 	}
-	if options.externalInitCfg.NodeRegistration.CRISocket != "" {
-		cfg.NodeRegistration.CRISocket = options.externalInitCfg.NodeRegistration.CRISocket
-	}
 
 	if err := configutil.VerifyAPIServerBindAddress(cfg.LocalAPIEndpoint.AdvertiseAddress); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init_test.go
index 896eed6069a..1397eeb4042 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init_test.go
@@ -102,15 +102,11 @@ func TestNewInitData(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "--cri-socket and --node-name flags override config from file",
 			flags: map[string]string{
-				options.CfgPath:       configFilePath,
-				options.NodeCRISocket: "/var/run/crio/crio.sock",
-				options.NodeName:      "anotherName",
+				options.CfgPath:  configFilePath,
+				options.NodeName: "anotherName",
 			},
 			validate: func(t *testing.T, data *initData) {
-				// validate that cri-socket and node-name are overwritten
-				if data.cfg.NodeRegistration.CRISocket != "/var/run/crio/crio.sock" {
-					t.Errorf("Invalid NodeRegistration.CRISocket")
-				}
+				// validate that node-name is overwritten
 				if data.cfg.NodeRegistration.Name != "anotherName" {
 					t.Errorf("Invalid NodeRegistration.Name")
 				}
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join_test.go
index 1aa6b9dd8d8..8fd58592fb8 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join_test.go
@@ -203,15 +203,11 @@ func TestNewJoinData(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "--cri-socket and --node-name flags override config from file",
 			flags: map[string]string{
-				options.CfgPath:       configFilePath,
-				options.NodeCRISocket: "/var/run/crio/crio.sock",
-				options.NodeName:      "anotherName",
+				options.CfgPath:  configFilePath,
+				options.NodeName: "anotherName",
 			},
 			validate: func(t *testing.T, data *joinData) {
-				// validate that cri-socket and node-name are overwritten
-				if data.cfg.NodeRegistration.CRISocket != "/var/run/crio/crio.sock" {
-					t.Errorf("Invalid NodeRegistration.CRISocket")
-				}
+				// validate that node-name is overwritten
 				if data.cfg.NodeRegistration.Name != "anotherName" {
 					t.Errorf("Invalid NodeRegistration.Name")
 				}