diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/volumes.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/volumes.go
index 54a1d3da836c04a9d835a05c76270b9a688bad06..342fe12b33d57a4aaeb786c2a9a7d3a96bfbb179 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/volumes.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/volumes.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func CreatePreloadedImagesVolume(k8sVersion, baseImage, profile string) (string,
 	if err := PointToHostDockerDaemon(); err != nil {
 		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "point host docker-daemon")
 	}
-	volumeName := fmt.Sprintf("k8s-%s-%s", k8sVersion, profile)
+	volumeName := preloadedVolumeName(k8sVersion, profile)
 	if dockerVolumeExists(volumeName) {
 		return volumeName, nil
 	}
@@ -172,3 +172,31 @@ func deleteDockerVolume(name string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func preloadedVolumeName(k8sVersion, profile string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("k8s-%s-%s", k8sVersion, profile)
+}
+
+// PreloadedVolumeAttached returns true if the preloaded volume is attached
+// to the running profile
+func PreloadedVolumeAttached(k8sVersion, profile string) bool {
+	glog.Infof("Checking if preloaded volume is attached to %s", profile)
+	if err := PointToHostDockerDaemon(); err != nil {
+		glog.Infof("error pointing host to docker daemon: %v", err)
+		return false
+	}
+	volumeName := preloadedVolumeName(k8sVersion, profile)
+	cmd := exec.Command(Docker, "inspect", "-f", "{{range .Mounts}} {{.Name}} {{end}}", profile)
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Infof("error inspecting mounted volumes: %v", err)
+		return false
+	}
+	vols := strings.Split(string(out), " ")
+	for _, v := range vols {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(v) == volumeName {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
index 091ed4a72073e1a154bcd6917336d451f2fe8659..7fb3e76c0a1f34c331923f4f086bb98dc56dd772 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/driver"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/machine"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/out"
-	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/preload"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/vmpath"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/util/retry"
 )
@@ -438,7 +437,7 @@ func (k *Bootstrapper) UpdateCluster(cfg config.MachineConfig) error {
 	}
 
 	// Skip transfer if using preloaded kic volume
-	skipTransfer := driver.IsKIC(cfg.Driver) && preload.UsingPreloadedVolume(cfg.KubernetesConfig.KubernetesVersion)
+	skipTransfer := oci.PreloadedVolumeAttached(cfg.KubernetesConfig.KubernetesVersion, viper.GetString(config.MachineProfile))
 	if !skipTransfer {
 		if err := bsutil.TransferBinaries(cfg.KubernetesConfig, k.c); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "downloading binaries")
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/preload/preload.go b/pkg/minikube/preload/preload.go
index 885273667b4a43205af36713c9cd009a3060b8e5..85181be1c4b6c13e08d795625ecb004d5ffd0b0a 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/preload/preload.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/preload/preload.go
@@ -121,14 +121,6 @@ func saveChecksumFile(k8sVersion string) error {
 	return ioutil.WriteFile(checksumFilepath(k8sVersion), checksum, 0644)
 }
 
-func cachedTarballExists(k8sVersion string) bool {
-	_, err := os.Stat(TarballFilepath(k8sVersion))
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
 // verifyChecksum returns true if the checksum of the local binary matches
 // the checksum of the remote binary
 func verifyChecksum(k8sVersion string) error {
@@ -150,7 +142,3 @@ func verifyChecksum(k8sVersion string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-
-func UsingPreloadedVolume(k8sVersion string) bool {
-	return true
-}