diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
index 88e6ab5c6a..770d605cca 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().StringSlice(config.AddonList, 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 c1f1058e21..9cefbe321f 100644
--- a/pkg/addons/validations.go
+++ b/pkg/addons/validations.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ 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.
-	addonList := viper.GetStringSlice(config.AddonList)
+	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
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/config/config.go b/pkg/minikube/config/config.go
index 0a96488b2f..f194099266 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/config/config.go
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ const (
 	AddonImages = "addon-images"
 	// AddonRegistries stores custom addon images config
 	AddonRegistries = "addon-registries"
-	// AddonList represents the key for addons parameter
-	AddonList = "addons"
+	// AddonListFlag represents the key for addons parameter
+	AddonListFlag = "addons"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
index 51abda0ef1..9e3f59e9ed 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func Start(starter Starter, apiServer bool) (*kubeconfig.Settings, error) {
 	}()
 
 	// enable addons, both old and new!
-	addonList := viper.GetStringSlice(config.AddonList)
+	addonList := viper.GetStringSlice(config.AddonListFlag)
 	if starter.ExistingAddons != nil {
 		if viper.GetBool("force") {
 			addons.Force = true