diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
index 8931678798a..bb2eb83e7e6 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
@@ -1000,19 +1000,27 @@ func RunJoinNodeChecks(execer utilsexec.Interface, cfg *kubeadmapi.NodeConfigura
 			criCtlChecker)
 	}
 
+	var bridgenf6Check Checker
 	for _, server := range cfg.DiscoveryTokenAPIServers {
 		ipstr, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(server)
 		if err == nil {
-			if ip := net.ParseIP(ipstr); ip != nil {
-				if ip.To4() == nil && ip.To16() != nil {
-					checks = append(checks,
-						FileContentCheck{Path: bridgenf6, Content: []byte{'1'}},
-					)
-					break // Ensure that check is added only once
+			checks = append(checks,
+				HTTPProxyCheck{Proto: "https", Host: ipstr},
+			)
+			if bridgenf6Check == nil {
+				if ip := net.ParseIP(ipstr); ip != nil {
+					if ip.To4() == nil && ip.To16() != nil {
+						// This check should be added only once
+						bridgenf6Check = FileContentCheck{Path: bridgenf6, Content: []byte{'1'}}
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if bridgenf6Check != nil {
+		checks = append(checks, bridgenf6Check)
+	}
+
 	return RunChecks(checks, os.Stderr, ignorePreflightErrors)
 }