diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index 8975cd787b12..67e834c899b0 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func runStart(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		machine.MaybeDisplayAdvice(err, ds.Name)
 		if specified {
 			// If the user specified a driver, don't fallback to anything else
-			exit.Error(reason.GuestProvision, "error provisioning host", err)
+			exitGuestProvision(err)
 		} else {
 			success := false
 			// Walk down the rest of the options
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func runStart(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 				}
 			}
 			if !success {
-				exit.Error(reason.GuestProvision, "error provisioning host", err)
+				exitGuestProvision(err)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func runStart(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			stopProfile(existing.Name)
 			starter, err = provisionWithDriver(cmd, ds, existing)
 			if err != nil {
-				exit.Error(reason.GuestProvision, "error provisioning host", err)
+				exitGuestProvision(err)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -1263,3 +1263,10 @@ func exitIfNotForced(r reason.Kind, message string, v ...out.V) {
 	}
 	out.Error(r, message, v...)
 }
+
+func exitGuestProvision(err error) {
+	if errors.Cause(err) == oci.ErrInsufficientDockerStorage {
+		exit.Message(reason.RsrcInsufficientDockerStorage, "preload extraction failed: \"No space left on device\"")
+	}
+	exit.Error(reason.GuestProvision, "error provisioning host", err)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
index 120d64a9b646..8a896118b30b 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Create() error {
 
 	var waitForPreload sync.WaitGroup
 	waitForPreload.Add(1)
+	var pErr error
 	go func() {
 		defer waitForPreload.Done()
 		// If preload doesn't exist, don't bother extracting tarball to volume
@@ -147,11 +148,18 @@ func (d *Driver) Create() error {
 		glog.Infof("Starting extracting preloaded images to volume ...")
 		// Extract preloaded images to container
 		if err := oci.ExtractTarballToVolume(d.NodeConfig.OCIBinary, download.TarballPath(d.NodeConfig.KubernetesVersion, d.NodeConfig.ContainerRuntime), params.Name, d.NodeConfig.ImageDigest); err != nil {
+			if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "No space left on device") {
+				pErr = oci.ErrInsufficientDockerStorage
+				return
+			}
 			glog.Infof("Unable to extract preloaded tarball to volume: %v", err)
 		} else {
 			glog.Infof("duration metric: took %f seconds to extract preloaded images to volume", time.Since(t).Seconds())
 		}
 	}()
+	if pErr == oci.ErrInsufficientDockerStorage {
+		return pErr
+	}
 
 	if err := oci.CreateContainerNode(params); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "create kic node")
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/errors.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/errors.go
index f8e65b7b1bb6..e44d4d556371 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/errors.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/errors.go
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ var ErrExitedUnexpectedly = errors.New("container exited unexpectedly")
 // ErrDaemonInfo is thrown when docker/podman info is failing or not responding
 var ErrDaemonInfo = errors.New("daemon info not responding")
 
+// ErrInsufficientDockerStorage is thrown when there is not more storage for docker
+var ErrInsufficientDockerStorage = &FailFastError{errors.New("insufficient docker storage, no space left on device")}
+
 // ErrNetworkSubnetTaken is thrown when a subnet is taken by another network
 var ErrNetworkSubnetTaken = errors.New("subnet is taken")
 
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
index c00aa6cadca3..9328f0bbb32a 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ func startHost(api libmachine.API, cc *config.ClusterConfig, n *config.Node, del
 		}
 	}
 
-	if _, ff := err.(*oci.FailFastError); ff {
+	if err, ff := errors.Cause(err).(*oci.FailFastError); ff {
 		glog.Infof("will skip retrying to create machine because error is not retriable: %v", err)
 		return host, exists, err
 	}