diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
index 098916ef4a34..b92ba3767123 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
@@ -313,18 +313,7 @@ func generateClusterConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, existing *config.ClusterConfig, k
 			out.WarningT("--network flag is only valid with the docker/podman drivers, it will be ignored")
 		}
 
-		if viper.GetInt(kvmNUMACount) < 1 || viper.GetInt(kvmNUMACount) > 8 {
-			exit.Message(reason.Usage, "--kvm-numa-count range is 1-8")
-		}
-		if viper.GetInt(kvmNUMACount) > 1 {
-			v, err := pkgutil.ParseKubernetesVersion(k8sVersion)
-			if err != nil {
-				exit.Message(reason.Usage, "invalid kubernetes version")
-			}
-			if v.LT(semver.Version{Major: 1,Minor: 18}){
-				exit.Message(reason.Usage, "numa node is only supported on k8s v1.18 and later")
-			}
-		}
+		checkNumaCount(k8sVersion)
 
 		cc = config.ClusterConfig{
 			Name:                    ClusterFlagValue(),
@@ -423,6 +412,22 @@ func generateClusterConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, existing *config.ClusterConfig, k
 	return createNode(cc, kubeNodeName, existing)
 }
 
+func checkNumaCount(k8sVersion string) {
+	if viper.GetInt(kvmNUMACount) < 1 || viper.GetInt(kvmNUMACount) > 8 {
+		exit.Message(reason.Usage, "--kvm-numa-count range is 1-8")
+	}
+
+	if viper.GetInt(kvmNUMACount) > 1 {
+		v, err := pkgutil.ParseKubernetesVersion(k8sVersion)
+		if err != nil {
+			exit.Message(reason.Usage, "invalid kubernetes version")
+		}
+		if v.LT(semver.Version{Major: 1, Minor: 18}) {
+			exit.Message(reason.Usage, "numa node is only supported on k8s v1.18 and later")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // upgradeExistingConfig upgrades legacy configuration files
 func upgradeExistingConfig(cc *config.ClusterConfig) {
 	if cc == nil {
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_test.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_test.go
index a1071c28f974..d5b519e32591 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_test.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_test.go
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ func TestMirrorCountry(t *testing.T) {
 			cmd := &cobra.Command{}
 			viper.SetDefault(imageRepository, test.imageRepository)
 			viper.SetDefault(imageMirrorCountry, test.mirrorCountry)
+			viper.SetDefault(kvmNUMACount, 1)
 			config, _, err := generateClusterConfig(cmd, nil, k8sVersion, "none")
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("Got unexpected error %v during config generation", err)
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kvm/kvm.go b/pkg/drivers/kvm/kvm.go
index 5843557e0469..4c0eaa3664bf 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kvm/kvm.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kvm/kvm.go
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Create() (err error) {
 	}
 
 	if d.NUMANodeCount > 1 {
-		NUMAXML, err := NumaXml(d.CPU, d.Memory, d.NUMANodeCount)
+		NUMAXML, err := NumaXML(d.CPU, d.Memory, d.NUMANodeCount)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "creating NUMA XML")
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kvm/numa.go b/pkg/drivers/kvm/numa.go
index 4ac08a59a066..3e66f6156e9d 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kvm/numa.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kvm/numa.go
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ type NUMA struct {
 	CPUTopology string
 }
 
-// NumaXml generate numa xml
+// NumaXML generate numa xml
 // evenly distributed cpu core & memory to each numa node
-func NumaXml(cpu, memory, numaCount int) (string, error) {
+func NumaXML(cpu, memory, numaCount int) (string, error) {
 	if numaCount < 1 {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("numa node count must >= 1")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kvm/numa_test.go b/pkg/drivers/kvm/numa_test.go
index 103d8bf08d17..a64c4e4aae13 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kvm/numa_test.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kvm/numa_test.go
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestGetNUMAXml(t *testing.T) {
-	_, err := NumaXml(1, 1024, 0)
+	_, err := NumaXML(1, 1024, 0)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Errorf("check invalid numa count failed: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	xml, err := NumaXml(10, 10240, 8)
+	xml, err := NumaXML(10, 10240, 8)
 	expXML := `<numa>
   <cell id='0' cpus='0,1' memory='1280' unit='MiB'/>
   <cell id='1' cpus='2,3' memory='1280' unit='MiB'/>