diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime_test.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime_test.go
index 194c4a5b1c21..7a3cdfe267b8 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime_test.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime_test.go
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ func TestEnable(t *testing.T) {
 		want    map[string]serviceState
 	}{
 		{"docker", map[string]serviceState{
-			"docker":        Restarted,
+			"docker":        Running,
 			"docker.socket": Running,
 			"containerd":    Exited,
 			"crio":          Exited,
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
index 504ca255fcb7..d5ce6856312c 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (r *Docker) Enable() error {
 	if err := disableOthers(r, r.Runner); err != nil {
 		glog.Warningf("disableOthers: %v", err)
 	}
-	return r.Runner.Run("sudo systemctl restart docker")
+	return r.Runner.Run("sudo systemctl start docker")
 }
 
 // Disable idempotently disables Docker on a host