diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime_test.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime_test.go
index 8f5aca6f4735a6fe09d746a6dd74d0113f0d1fc0..8ed6fddf0eaf0ff13685b4d13e8f9129b6e4f826 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime_test.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime_test.go
@@ -478,6 +478,16 @@ func (f *FakeRunner) systemctl(args []string, root bool) (string, error) { // no
 				return out, nil
 			}
 			return out, fmt.Errorf("%s in state: %v", svc, state)
+		case "cat":
+			f.t.Logf("fake systemctl: %s cat: %v", svc, state)
+			if svc == "docker.service" {
+				out += "[Unit]\n"
+				out += "Description=Docker Application Container Engine\n"
+				out += "Documentation=https://docs.docker.com\n"
+				//out += "BindsTo=containerd.service\n"
+				return out, nil
+			}
+			return out, fmt.Errorf("%s cat unimplemented", svc)
 		default:
 			return out, fmt.Errorf("unimplemented fake action: %q", action)
 		}
@@ -526,6 +536,14 @@ var defaultServices = map[string]serviceState{
 	"containerd":    SvcExited,
 }
 
+// allServices reflects the state of all actual services running at once
+var allServices = map[string]serviceState{
+	"docker":        SvcRunning,
+	"crio":          SvcRunning,
+	"crio-shutdown": SvcExited,
+	"containerd":    SvcRunning,
+}
+
 func TestDisable(t *testing.T) {
 	var tests = []struct {
 		runtime string
@@ -558,32 +576,43 @@ func TestDisable(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestEnable(t *testing.T) {
 	var tests = []struct {
-		runtime string
-		want    map[string]serviceState
+		runtime  string
+		services map[string]serviceState
+		want     map[string]serviceState
 	}{
-		{"docker", map[string]serviceState{
-			"docker":        SvcRunning,
-			"containerd":    SvcExited,
-			"crio":          SvcExited,
-			"crio-shutdown": SvcExited,
-		}},
-		{"containerd", map[string]serviceState{
-			"docker":        SvcExited,
-			"containerd":    SvcRestarted,
-			"crio":          SvcExited,
-			"crio-shutdown": SvcExited,
-		}},
-		{"crio", map[string]serviceState{
-			"docker":        SvcExited,
-			"containerd":    SvcExited,
-			"crio":          SvcRunning,
-			"crio-shutdown": SvcExited,
-		}},
+		{"docker", defaultServices,
+			map[string]serviceState{
+				"docker":        SvcRunning,
+				"containerd":    SvcExited,
+				"crio":          SvcExited,
+				"crio-shutdown": SvcExited,
+			}},
+		{"docker", allServices,
+			map[string]serviceState{
+				"docker":        SvcRestarted,
+				"containerd":    SvcExited,
+				"crio":          SvcExited,
+				"crio-shutdown": SvcExited,
+			}},
+		{"containerd", defaultServices,
+			map[string]serviceState{
+				"docker":        SvcExited,
+				"containerd":    SvcRestarted,
+				"crio":          SvcExited,
+				"crio-shutdown": SvcExited,
+			}},
+		{"crio", defaultServices,
+			map[string]serviceState{
+				"docker":        SvcExited,
+				"containerd":    SvcExited,
+				"crio":          SvcRunning,
+				"crio-shutdown": SvcExited,
+			}},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(tc.runtime, func(t *testing.T) {
 			runner := NewFakeRunner(t)
-			for k, v := range defaultServices {
+			for k, v := range tc.services {
 				runner.services[k] = v
 			}
 			cr, err := New(Config{Type: tc.runtime, Runner: runner})
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
index 55e57b3a5373ba72513349daed75c321c94dc553..dcb8beff92ebc4b818d4f98a25cebd90d660f50b 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ func (r *Docker) Active() bool {
 
 // Enable idempotently enables Docker on a host
 func (r *Docker) Enable(disOthers, forceSystemd bool) error {
+	containerdWasActive := r.Init.Active("containerd")
+
 	if disOthers {
 		if err := disableOthers(r, r.Runner); err != nil {
 			glog.Warningf("disableOthers: %v", err)
@@ -117,6 +119,11 @@ func (r *Docker) Enable(disOthers, forceSystemd bool) error {
 		return r.Init.Restart("docker")
 	}
 
+	if containerdWasActive && !dockerBoundToContainerd(r.Runner) {
+		// Make sure to use the internal containerd
+		return r.Init.Restart("docker")
+	}
+
 	return r.Init.Start("docker")
 }