diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/node.go b/pkg/minikube/node/node.go
index 0a12a845e4b9..1e43133cf0f7 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/node.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/node.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func Add(cc *config.ClusterConfig, n config.Node, delOnFail bool) error {
 
 // drainNode drains then deletes (removes) node from cluster.
 func drainNode(cc config.ClusterConfig, name string) (*config.Node, error) {
-	n, index, err := Retrieve(cc, name)
+	n, _, err := Retrieve(cc, name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return n, errors.Wrap(err, "retrieve")
 	}
@@ -130,8 +130,7 @@ func drainNode(cc config.ClusterConfig, name string) (*config.Node, error) {
 	}
 	klog.Infof("successfully deleted node %q", name)
 
-	cc.Nodes = append(cc.Nodes[:index], cc.Nodes[index+1:]...)
-	return n, config.SaveProfile(viper.GetString(config.ProfileName), &cc)
+	return n, nil
 }
 
 // Delete calls drainNode to remove node from cluster and deletes the host.
@@ -152,7 +151,13 @@ func Delete(cc config.ClusterConfig, name string) (*config.Node, error) {
 		return n, err
 	}
 
-	return n, nil
+	_, index, err := Retrieve(cc, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return n, errors.Wrap(err, "retrieve")
+	}
+
+	cc.Nodes = append(cc.Nodes[:index], cc.Nodes[index+1:]...)
+	return n, config.SaveProfile(viper.GetString(config.ProfileName), &cc)
 }
 
 // Retrieve finds the node by name in the given cluster
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/contrib/tests.en.md b/site/content/en/docs/contrib/tests.en.md
index 67c78f1ecab3..d6dc8bf62cc2 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/contrib/tests.en.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/contrib/tests.en.md
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ tests the minikube node stop command
 #### validateStartNodeAfterStop
 tests the minikube node start command on an existing stopped node
 
+#### validateRestartKeepsNodes
+restarts minikube cluster and checks if the reported node list is unchanged
+
 #### validateStopMultiNodeCluster
 runs minikube stop on a multinode cluster
 
diff --git a/test/integration/multinode_test.go b/test/integration/multinode_test.go
index c758712ecd1e..d4fc80220e1f 100644
--- a/test/integration/multinode_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/multinode_test.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ func TestMultiNode(t *testing.T) {
 			{"CopyFile", validateCopyFileWithMultiNode},
 			{"StopNode", validateStopRunningNode},
 			{"StartAfterStop", validateStartNodeAfterStop},
+			{"RestartKeepsNodes", validateRestartKeepsNodes},
 			{"DeleteNode", validateDeleteNodeFromMultiNode},
 			{"StopMultiNode", validateStopMultiNodeCluster},
 			{"RestartMultiNode", validateRestartMultiNodeCluster},
@@ -258,6 +259,36 @@ func validateStartNodeAfterStop(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile strin
 	}
 }
 
+// validateRestartKeepsNodes restarts minikube cluster and checks if the reported node list is unchanged
+func validateRestartKeepsNodes(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
+	rr, err := Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), "node", "list", "-p", profile))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to run node list. args %q : %v", rr.Command(), err)
+	}
+
+	nodeList := rr.Stdout.String()
+
+	_, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), "stop", "-p", profile))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to run minikube stop. args %q : %v", rr.Command(), err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), "start", "-p", profile, "--wait=true", "-v=8", "--alsologtostderr"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to run minikube start. args %q : %v", rr.Command(), err)
+	}
+
+	rr, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), "node", "list", "-p", profile))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to run node list. args %q : %v", rr.Command(), err)
+	}
+
+	restartedNodeList := rr.Stdout.String()
+	if nodeList != restartedNodeList {
+		t.Fatalf("reported node list is not the same after restart. Before restart: %s\nAfter restart: %s", nodeList, restartedNodeList)
+	}
+}
+
 // validateStopMultiNodeCluster runs minikube stop on a multinode cluster
 func validateStopMultiNodeCluster(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
 	// Run minikube stop on the cluster