diff --git a/cluster/defaults.go b/cluster/defaults.go
index 58a5fe6c..2123f1de 100644
--- a/cluster/defaults.go
+++ b/cluster/defaults.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/log"
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/services"
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/templates"
-	"github.com/rancher/types/apis/management.cattle.io/v3"
+	v3 "github.com/rancher/types/apis/management.cattle.io/v3"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) setClusterServicesDefaults() {
 		c.Services.Etcd.ExtraArgs[DefaultEtcdHeartbeatIntervalName] = DefaultEtcdHeartbeatIntervalValue
 	}
 
-	if c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig != nil {
+	if c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig != nil && c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.Enabled != nil && *c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.Enabled {
 		if c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.IntervalHours == 0 {
 			c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.IntervalHours = DefaultEtcdBackupConfigIntervalHours
 		}
diff --git a/cluster/etcd.go b/cluster/etcd.go
index aa596912..336beeb2 100644
--- a/cluster/etcd.go
+++ b/cluster/etcd.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) PrepareBackup(ctx context.Context, snapshotPath string) error
 	if !util.IsRancherBackupSupported(c.SystemImages.Alpine) {
 		log.Warnf(ctx, "Auto local backup sync is not supported in `%s`. Using `%s` instead.", c.SystemImages.Alpine, backupImage)
 	}
-	if c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig == nil || // legacy rke local backup
+	if c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig == nil || (c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.Enabled != nil && !*c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.Enabled) || // legacy rke local backup
 		(c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig != nil && c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.S3BackupConfig == nil) { // rancher local backup, no s3
 		// stop etcd on all etcd nodes, we need this because we start the backup server on the same port
 		for _, host := range c.EtcdHosts {
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ func (c *Cluster) PrepareBackup(ctx context.Context, snapshotPath string) error
 	}
 
 	// s3 backup case
-	if c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig != nil && c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.S3BackupConfig != nil {
+	if c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig != nil &&
+		c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.Enabled != nil && *c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.Enabled &&
+		c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.S3BackupConfig != nil {
 		for _, host := range c.EtcdHosts {
 			if err := services.DownloadEtcdSnapshotFromS3(ctx, host, c.PrivateRegistriesMap, backupImage, snapshotPath, c.Services.Etcd); err != nil {
 				return err
diff --git a/cluster/validation.go b/cluster/validation.go
index 09d2da5e..6c497430 100644
--- a/cluster/validation.go
+++ b/cluster/validation.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/log"
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/services"
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/util"
-	"github.com/rancher/types/apis/management.cattle.io/v3"
+	v3 "github.com/rancher/types/apis/management.cattle.io/v3"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
 )
 
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ func validateServicesOptions(c *Cluster) error {
 }
 
 func validateEtcdBackupOptions(c *Cluster) error {
-	if c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig != nil {
+	if c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig != nil &&
+		c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.Enabled != nil && *c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.Enabled {
 		if c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.S3BackupConfig != nil {
 			if len(c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.S3BackupConfig.Endpoint) == 0 {
 				return fmt.Errorf("etcd s3 backup backend endpoint can't be empty")
diff --git a/cmd/common.go b/cmd/common.go
index 6871b415..68acc175 100644
--- a/cmd/common.go
+++ b/cmd/common.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/cluster"
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/hosts"
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/log"
-	"github.com/rancher/types/apis/management.cattle.io/v3"
+	v3 "github.com/rancher/types/apis/management.cattle.io/v3"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
diff --git a/services/etcd.go b/services/etcd.go
index 10d06f30..b6d9e05e 100644
--- a/services/etcd.go
+++ b/services/etcd.go
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func RunEtcdSnapshotSave(ctx context.Context, etcdHost *hosts.Host, prsMap map[s
 		imageCfg.Cmd = append(imageCfg.Cmd, "--creation="+es.Creation)
 	}
 
-	if es.BackupConfig != nil {
+	if es.BackupConfig != nil && es.BackupConfig.Enabled != nil && *es.BackupConfig.Enabled {
 		imageCfg = configS3BackupImgCmd(ctx, imageCfg, es.BackupConfig)
 	}
 	hostCfg := &container.HostConfig{