diff --git a/pkg/controller/render/render_controller.go b/pkg/controller/render/render_controller.go
index ac3cb9ee23..400cf8a925 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/render/render_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/render/render_controller.go
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ func (ctrl *Controller) syncGeneratedMachineConfig(pool *mcfgv1.MachineConfigPoo
 func generateRenderedMachineConfig(pool *mcfgv1.MachineConfigPool, configs []*mcfgv1.MachineConfig, cconfig *mcfgv1.ControllerConfig) (*mcfgv1.MachineConfig, error) {
 	// Before merging all MCs for a specific pool, let's make sure each contains a valid Ignition Config
 	for _, config := range configs {
-		rpt := validate.ValidateWithoutSource(reflect.ValueOf(config.Spec.Config.Ignition))
+		rpt := validate.ValidateWithoutSource(reflect.ValueOf(config.Spec.Config))
 		if rpt.IsFatal() {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("machine config: %v contains invalid ignition config: %v", config.ObjectMeta.Name, rpt)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/render/render_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/render/render_controller_test.go
index ddf981f1f9..8436db9693 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/render/render_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/render/render_controller_test.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func newMachineConfigPool(name string, selector *metav1.LabelSelector, currentMa
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: name, UID: types.UID(utilrand.String(5))},
 		Spec: mcfgv1.MachineConfigPoolSpec{
 			MachineConfigSelector: selector,
-			Configuration: mcfgv1.MachineConfigPoolStatusConfiguration{ObjectReference: corev1.ObjectReference{Name: currentMachineConfig}},
+			Configuration:         mcfgv1.MachineConfigPoolStatusConfiguration{ObjectReference: corev1.ObjectReference{Name: currentMachineConfig}},
 		},
 		Status: mcfgv1.MachineConfigPoolStatus{
 			Configuration: mcfgv1.MachineConfigPoolStatusConfiguration{ObjectReference: corev1.ObjectReference{Name: currentMachineConfig}},
@@ -296,11 +296,13 @@ func TestIgnValidationGenerateRenderedMachineConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	mcp := newMachineConfigPool("test-cluster-master", metav1.AddLabelToSelector(&metav1.LabelSelector{}, "node-role", "master"), "")
 	files := []ignv2_2types.File{{
 		Node: ignv2_2types.Node{
-			Path: "/dummy/0",
+			Filesystem: "root",
+			Path:       "/dummy/0",
 		},
 	}, {
 		Node: ignv2_2types.Node{
-			Path: "/dummy/1",
+			Filesystem: "root",
+			Path:       "/dummy/1",
 		},
 	}}
 	mcs := []*mcfgv1.MachineConfig{
@@ -326,11 +328,13 @@ func TestUpdatesGeneratedMachineConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	mcp := newMachineConfigPool("test-cluster-master", metav1.AddLabelToSelector(&metav1.LabelSelector{}, "node-role", "master"), "")
 	files := []ignv2_2types.File{{
 		Node: ignv2_2types.Node{
-			Path: "/dummy/0",
+			Filesystem: "root",
+			Path:       "/dummy/0",
 		},
 	}, {
 		Node: ignv2_2types.Node{
-			Path: "/dummy/1",
+			Filesystem: "root",
+			Path:       "/dummy/1",
 		},
 	}}
 	mcs := []*mcfgv1.MachineConfig{
@@ -390,11 +394,13 @@ func TestDoNothing(t *testing.T) {
 	mcp := newMachineConfigPool("test-cluster-master", metav1.AddLabelToSelector(&metav1.LabelSelector{}, "node-role", "master"), "")
 	files := []ignv2_2types.File{{
 		Node: ignv2_2types.Node{
-			Path: "/dummy/0",
+			Filesystem: "root",
+			Path:       "/dummy/0",
 		},
 	}, {
 		Node: ignv2_2types.Node{
-			Path: "/dummy/1",
+			Filesystem: "root",
+			Path:       "/dummy/1",
 		},
 	}}
 	mcs := []*mcfgv1.MachineConfig{
diff --git a/test/e2e/mcd_test.go b/test/e2e/mcd_test.go
index ccf96bc5cb..0683853eff 100644
--- a/test/e2e/mcd_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/mcd_test.go
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 package e2e_test
 
 import (
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	ignv2_2types "github.com/coreos/ignition/config/v2_2/types"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	mcv1 "github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator/pkg/apis/machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1"
 	"github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator/pkg/daemon/constants"
 	"github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator/test/e2e/framework"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -334,8 +334,16 @@ func TestReconcileAfterBadMC(t *testing.T) {
 	cs := framework.NewClientSet("")
 	bumpPoolMaxUnavailableTo(t, cs, 3)
 
-	// create a bad MC w/o a filesystem field which is going to fail reconciling
-	mcadd := createMCToAddFile("add-a-file", "/etc/mytestconfs", "test", "")
+	// create a MC that contains a valid ignition config but is not reconcilable
+	mcadd := createMCToAddFile("add-a-file", "/etc/mytestconfs", "test", "root")
+	mcadd.Spec.Config.Networkd = ignv2_2types.Networkd{
+		Units: []ignv2_2types.Networkdunit{
+			ignv2_2types.Networkdunit{
+				Name:     "test.network",
+				Contents: "test contents",
+			},
+		},
+	}
 
 	// grab the initial machineconfig used by the worker pool
 	// this MC is gonna be the one which is going to be reapplied once the bad MC is deleted