diff --git a/pkg/minikube/machine/machine.go b/pkg/minikube/machine/machine.go
index 92329914e042..d006e4464464 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/machine/machine.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/machine/machine.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func backup(h host.Host, files []string) error {
 
 	errs := []error{}
 	for _, src := range []string{"/etc/cni", "/etc/kubernetes"} {
-		if _, err := r.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "cp", "--archive", "--parents", "--force", src, vmpath.GuestBackupDir)); err != nil {
+		if _, err := r.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "rsync", "--archive", "--relative", src, vmpath.GuestBackupDir)); err != nil {
 			errs = append(errs, errors.Errorf("failed to copy %q to %q (will continue): %v", src, vmpath.GuestBackupDir, err))
 		}
 	}
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func restore(h host.Host) error {
 			continue
 		}
 		src := path.Join(vmpath.GuestBackupDir, dst)
-		if _, err := r.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "cp", "--archive", "--update", "--force", src, "/")); err != nil {
+		if _, err := r.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "rsync", "--archive", "--update", src, "/")); err != nil {
 			errs = append(errs, errors.Errorf("failed to copy %q to %q (will continue): %v", src, dst, err))
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/test/integration/ha_test.go b/test/integration/ha_test.go
index 2b37b9858c6d..cdae834d97b4 100644
--- a/test/integration/ha_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/ha_test.go
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/util/retry"
 )
 
-// TestHA tests all ha (multi-control plane) cluster functionality
-func TestHA(t *testing.T) {
+// TestMutliControlPlane tests all ha (multi-control plane) cluster functionality
+func TestMutliControlPlane(t *testing.T) {
 	if NoneDriver() {
 		t.Skip("none driver does not support multinode/ha(multi-control plane) cluster")
 	}