diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
index 4bed46dc260c..770d605cca88 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func initMinikubeFlags() {
 	startCmd.Flags().String(containerRuntime, constants.DefaultContainerRuntime, fmt.Sprintf("The container runtime to be used (%s).", strings.Join(cruntime.ValidRuntimes(), ", ")))
 	startCmd.Flags().Bool(createMount, false, "This will start the mount daemon and automatically mount files into minikube.")
 	startCmd.Flags().String(mountString, constants.DefaultMountDir+":/minikube-host", "The argument to pass the minikube mount command on start.")
-	startCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&config.AddonList, "addons", nil, "Enable addons. see `minikube addons list` for a list of valid addon names.")
+	startCmd.Flags().StringSlice(config.AddonListFlag, nil, "Enable addons. see `minikube addons list` for a list of valid addon names.")
 	startCmd.Flags().String(criSocket, "", "The cri socket path to be used.")
 	startCmd.Flags().String(networkPlugin, "", "Kubelet network plug-in to use (default: auto)")
 	startCmd.Flags().Bool(enableDefaultCNI, false, "DEPRECATED: Replaced by --cni=bridge")
diff --git a/pkg/addons/validations.go b/pkg/addons/validations.go
index aad44e3cf05e..9cefbe321f3a 100644
--- a/pkg/addons/validations.go
+++ b/pkg/addons/validations.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/assets"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/config"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/cruntime"
@@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ func IsVolumesnapshotsEnabled(cc *config.ClusterConfig, _, value string) error {
 	isCsiDriverEnabled, _ := strconv.ParseBool(value)
 	// assets.Addons[].IsEnabled() returns the current status of the addon or default value.
 	// config.AddonList contains list of addons to be enabled.
-	isVolumesnapshotsEnabled := assets.Addons[volumesnapshotsAddon].IsEnabled(cc) || contains(config.AddonList, volumesnapshotsAddon)
+	addonList := viper.GetStringSlice(config.AddonListFlag)
+	isVolumesnapshotsEnabled := assets.Addons[volumesnapshotsAddon].IsEnabled(cc) || contains(addonList, volumesnapshotsAddon)
 	if isCsiDriverEnabled && !isVolumesnapshotsEnabled {
 		// just print out a warning directly, we don't want to return any errors since
 		// that would prevent the addon from being enabled (callbacks wouldn't be run)
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/config/config.go b/pkg/minikube/config/config.go
index c359087740ce..f194099266a5 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/config/config.go
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ const (
 	AddonImages = "addon-images"
 	// AddonRegistries stores custom addon images config
 	AddonRegistries = "addon-registries"
+	// AddonListFlag represents the key for addons parameter
+	AddonListFlag = "addons"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -67,8 +69,6 @@ var (
 	DockerOpt []string
 	// ExtraOptions contains extra options (if any)
 	ExtraOptions ExtraOptionSlice
-	// AddonList contains the list of addons
-	AddonList []string
 )
 
 // ErrNotExist is the error returned when a config does not exist
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
index 7a9f1e304fcc..9e3f59e9ede6 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
@@ -171,12 +171,13 @@ func Start(starter Starter, apiServer bool) (*kubeconfig.Settings, error) {
 	}()
 
 	// enable addons, both old and new!
+	addonList := viper.GetStringSlice(config.AddonListFlag)
 	if starter.ExistingAddons != nil {
 		if viper.GetBool("force") {
 			addons.Force = true
 		}
 		wg.Add(1)
-		go addons.Start(&wg, starter.Cfg, starter.ExistingAddons, config.AddonList)
+		go addons.Start(&wg, starter.Cfg, starter.ExistingAddons, addonList)
 	}
 
 	if apiServer {