diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
index bc2ecab54fd5..24256f36a4e4 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/config"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/docker"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/download"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/image"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/style"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/sysinit"
 )
@@ -604,7 +605,7 @@ func dockerImagesPreloaded(runner command.Runner, images []string) bool {
 	}
 	preloadedImages := map[string]struct{}{}
 	for _, i := range strings.Split(rr.Stdout.String(), "\n") {
-		i = trimDockerIO(i)
+		i = image.TrimDockerIO(i)
 		preloadedImages[i] = struct{}{}
 	}
 
@@ -612,7 +613,7 @@ func dockerImagesPreloaded(runner command.Runner, images []string) bool {
 
 	// Make sure images == imgs
 	for _, i := range images {
-		i = trimDockerIO(i)
+		i = image.TrimDockerIO(i)
 		if _, ok := preloadedImages[i]; !ok {
 			klog.Infof("%s wasn't preloaded", i)
 			return false
@@ -644,13 +645,6 @@ func addDockerIO(name string) string {
 	return reg + "/" + img
 }
 
-// Remove docker.io prefix since it won't be included in images names
-// when we call 'docker images'
-func trimDockerIO(name string) string {
-	name = strings.TrimPrefix(name, "docker.io/")
-	return name
-}
-
 func dockerBoundToContainerd(runner command.Runner) bool {
 	// NOTE: assumes systemd
 	rr, err := runner.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "systemctl", "cat", "docker.service"))
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/download/image.go b/pkg/minikube/download/image.go
index b3d63297cee4..254a98ff1658 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/download/image.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/download/image.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/detect"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/image"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/localpath"
 )
 
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func ImageExistsInDaemon(img string) bool {
 	klog.Infof("Checking for %s in local docker daemon", img)
 	cmd := exec.Command("docker", "images", "--format", "{{.Repository}}:{{.Tag}}@{{.Digest}}")
 	if output, err := cmd.Output(); err == nil {
-		if strings.Contains(string(output), img) {
+		if strings.Contains(string(output), image.TrimDockerIO(img)) {
 			klog.Infof("Found %s in local docker daemon, skipping pull", img)
 			return true
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/image/image.go b/pkg/minikube/image/image.go
index 6214b533864c..0db355616488 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/image/image.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/image/image.go
@@ -319,3 +319,9 @@ func normalizeTagName(image string) string {
 	}
 	return base + ":" + tag
 }
+
+// Remove docker.io prefix since it won't be included in image names
+// when we call `docker images`.
+func TrimDockerIO(name string) string {
+	return strings.TrimPrefix(name, "docker.io/")
+}