diff --git a/pkg/minikube/detect/detect.go b/pkg/minikube/detect/detect.go
index ca98a3781e01..2322ff2ea9da 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/detect/detect.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/detect/detect.go
@@ -83,15 +83,6 @@ func IsAmd64M1Emulation() bool {
 	return runtime.GOARCH == "amd64" && strings.HasPrefix(cpuid.CPU.BrandName, "VirtualApple")
 }
 
-// EffectiveArch return architecture to use in minikube VM/container
-// may differ from host arch
-func EffectiveArch() string {
-	if IsAmd64M1Emulation() {
-		return "arm64"
-	}
-	return runtime.GOARCH
-}
-
 // MinikubeInstalledViaSnap returns true if the minikube binary path includes "snap".
 func MinikubeInstalledViaSnap() bool {
 	ex, err := os.Executable()
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/download/binary.go b/pkg/minikube/download/binary.go
index 21b3edd5dabb..6de9d9c42814 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/download/binary.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/download/binary.go
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"runtime"
 
-	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/detect"
-
 	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
@@ -81,7 +79,7 @@ func Binary(binary, version, osName, archName, binaryURL string) (string, error)
 		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "download failed: %s", url)
 	}
 
-	if osName == runtime.GOOS && archName == detect.EffectiveArch() {
+	if osName == runtime.GOOS && archName == runtime.GOARCH {
 		if err = os.Chmod(targetFilepath, 0755); err != nil {
 			return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "chmod +x %s", targetFilepath)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/download/image.go b/pkg/minikube/download/image.go
index d8a903d8cd86..b099e71834f4 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/download/image.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/download/image.go
@@ -78,14 +78,44 @@ func ImageExistsInDaemon(img string) bool {
 	// Check if image exists locally
 	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), image.TrimDockerIO(img)) {
-			klog.Infof("Found %s in local docker daemon, skipping pull", img)
-			return true
-		}
+	output, err := cmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Warningf("failed to list docker images: %v", err)
+		return false
 	}
-	// Else, pull it
-	return false
+	if !strings.Contains(string(output), image.TrimDockerIO(img)) {
+		return false
+	}
+	correctArch, err := isImageCorrectArch(img)
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Warning(err)
+		return false
+	}
+	if !correctArch {
+		klog.Warningf("image %s is of wrong architecture", img)
+		return false
+	}
+	klog.Infof("Found %s in local docker daemon, skipping pull", img)
+	return true
+}
+
+// isImageCorrectArch returns true if the image arch is the same as the binary
+// arch. This is needed to resolve
+// https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/19205
+func isImageCorrectArch(img string) (bool, error) {
+	ref, err := name.ParseReference(img)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse reference: %v", err)
+	}
+	dImg, err := daemon.Image(ref)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to get image from daemon: %v", err)
+	}
+	cfg, err := dImg.ConfigFile()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to get config for %s: %v", img, err)
+	}
+	return cfg.Architecture == runtime.GOOS, nil
 }
 
 // ImageToCache downloads img (if not present in cache) and writes it to the local cache directory
@@ -245,7 +275,8 @@ func CacheToDaemon(img string) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	cmd := exec.Command("docker", "pull", "--quiet", img)
+	platform := fmt.Sprintf("linux/%s", runtime.GOARCH)
+	cmd := exec.Command("docker", "pull", "--platform", platform, "--quiet", img)
 	if output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
 		klog.Warningf("failed to pull image digest (expected if offline): %s: %v", output, err)
 		img = image.Tag(img)
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/download/preload.go b/pkg/minikube/download/preload.go
index 861ed2e79138..970ad656e59d 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/download/preload.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/download/preload.go
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
 	"cloud.google.com/go/storage"
 	"google.golang.org/api/option"
-	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/detect"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ func TarballName(k8sVersion, containerRuntime string) string {
 	} else {
 		storageDriver = "overlay2"
 	}
-	arch := detect.EffectiveArch()
-	return fmt.Sprintf("preloaded-images-k8s-%s-%s-%s-%s-%s.tar.lz4", PreloadVersion, k8sVersion, containerRuntime, storageDriver, arch)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("preloaded-images-k8s-%s-%s-%s-%s-%s.tar.lz4", PreloadVersion, k8sVersion, containerRuntime, storageDriver, runtime.GOARCH)
 }
 
 // returns the name of the checksum file
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/machine/cache_binaries.go b/pkg/minikube/machine/cache_binaries.go
index 1962e58fe52e..25fc26e3d53e 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/machine/cache_binaries.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/machine/cache_binaries.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package machine
 
 import (
 	"path"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/assets"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/command"
-	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/detect"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/download"
 )
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func CacheBinariesForBootstrapper(version string, excludeBinaries []string, bina
 		}
 		bin := bin // https://go.dev/doc/faq#closures_and_goroutines
 		g.Go(func() error {
-			if _, err := download.Binary(bin, version, "linux", detect.EffectiveArch(), binariesURL); err != nil {
+			if _, err := download.Binary(bin, version, "linux", runtime.GOARCH, binariesURL); err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrapf(err, "caching binary %s", bin)
 			}
 			return nil
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go b/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go
index 4050de1abfc2..6feffc855763 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func CacheKubectlBinary(k8sVersion, binaryURL string) (string, error) {
 		binary = "kubectl.exe"
 	}
 
-	return download.Binary(binary, k8sVersion, runtime.GOOS, detect.EffectiveArch(), binaryURL)
+	return download.Binary(binary, k8sVersion, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH, binaryURL)
 }
 
 // doCacheBinaries caches Kubernetes binaries in the foreground
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/docker/docker.go b/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/docker/docker.go
index 5feeefb87c97..9d5b11424618 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/docker/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/docker/docker.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/drivers/kic"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/drivers/kic/oci"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/config"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/detect"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/driver"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/localpath"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/registry"
@@ -151,6 +152,17 @@ var dockerVersionOrState = func() (string, registry.State) {
 		return "", registry.State{Error: err, Installed: false, Healthy: false, Fix: "Install Docker", Doc: docURL}
 	}
 
+	if detect.IsAmd64M1Emulation() {
+		return "", registry.State{
+			Reason:    "PROVIDER_DOCKER_INCORRECT_ARCH",
+			Installed: true,
+			Running:   true,
+			Error:     errors.New("Cannot use amd64 minikube binary to start minikube cluster with Docker driver on arm64 machine"),
+			Fix:       "Download and use arm64 version of the minikube binary",
+			Doc:       "https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/start/",
+		}
+	}
+
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 6*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()