diff --git a/cmd/dockerd/config.go b/cmd/dockerd/config.go
index 80c27d2d2b..4e3b4f2f07 100644
--- a/cmd/dockerd/config.go
+++ b/cmd/dockerd/config.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func installCommonConfigFlags(conf *config.Config, flags *pflag.FlagSet) error {
 	flags.BoolVar(&conf.CriContainerd, "cri-containerd", false, "start containerd with cri")
 
 	flags.IntVar(&conf.Mtu, "mtu", conf.Mtu, "Set the containers network MTU")
-	flags.IntVar(&conf.NetworkControlPlaneMTU, "network-control-plane-mtu", config.DefaultNetworkMtu, "Network Control plane MTU")
+	flags.IntVar(&conf.NetworkControlPlaneMTU, "network-control-plane-mtu", conf.NetworkControlPlaneMTU, "Network Control plane MTU")
 	flags.IntVar(&conf.NetworkDiagnosticPort, "network-diagnostic-port", 0, "TCP port number of the network diagnostic server")
 	_ = flags.MarkHidden("network-diagnostic-port")
 
@@ -59,19 +59,19 @@ func installCommonConfigFlags(conf *config.Config, flags *pflag.FlagSet) error {
 	flags.Var(opts.NewNamedMapOpts("log-opts", conf.LogConfig.Config, nil), "log-opt", "Default log driver options for containers")
 
 	flags.StringVar(&conf.CorsHeaders, "api-cors-header", "", "Set CORS headers in the Engine API")
-	flags.IntVar(&conf.MaxConcurrentDownloads, "max-concurrent-downloads", config.DefaultMaxConcurrentDownloads, "Set the max concurrent downloads for each pull")
-	flags.IntVar(&conf.MaxConcurrentUploads, "max-concurrent-uploads", config.DefaultMaxConcurrentUploads, "Set the max concurrent uploads for each push")
-	flags.IntVar(&conf.MaxDownloadAttempts, "max-download-attempts", config.DefaultDownloadAttempts, "Set the max download attempts for each pull")
-	flags.IntVar(&conf.ShutdownTimeout, "shutdown-timeout", config.DefaultShutdownTimeout, "Set the default shutdown timeout")
+	flags.IntVar(&conf.MaxConcurrentDownloads, "max-concurrent-downloads", conf.MaxConcurrentDownloads, "Set the max concurrent downloads for each pull")
+	flags.IntVar(&conf.MaxConcurrentUploads, "max-concurrent-uploads", conf.MaxConcurrentUploads, "Set the max concurrent uploads for each push")
+	flags.IntVar(&conf.MaxDownloadAttempts, "max-download-attempts", conf.MaxDownloadAttempts, "Set the max download attempts for each pull")
+	flags.IntVar(&conf.ShutdownTimeout, "shutdown-timeout", conf.ShutdownTimeout, "Set the default shutdown timeout")
 
 	flags.StringVar(&conf.SwarmDefaultAdvertiseAddr, "swarm-default-advertise-addr", "", "Set default address or interface for swarm advertised address")
 	flags.BoolVar(&conf.Experimental, "experimental", false, "Enable experimental features")
 	flags.StringVar(&conf.MetricsAddress, "metrics-addr", "", "Set default address and port to serve the metrics api on")
 	flags.Var(opts.NewNamedListOptsRef("node-generic-resources", &conf.NodeGenericResources, opts.ValidateSingleGenericResource), "node-generic-resource", "Advertise user-defined resource")
 
-	flags.StringVar(&conf.ContainerdNamespace, "containerd-namespace", config.DefaultContainersNamespace, "Containerd namespace to use")
-	flags.StringVar(&conf.ContainerdPluginNamespace, "containerd-plugins-namespace", config.DefaultPluginNamespace, "Containerd namespace to use for plugins")
-	flags.StringVar(&conf.DefaultRuntime, "default-runtime", config.StockRuntimeName, "Default OCI runtime for containers")
+	flags.StringVar(&conf.ContainerdNamespace, "containerd-namespace", conf.ContainerdNamespace, "Containerd namespace to use")
+	flags.StringVar(&conf.ContainerdPluginNamespace, "containerd-plugins-namespace", conf.ContainerdPluginNamespace, "Containerd namespace to use for plugins")
+	flags.StringVar(&conf.DefaultRuntime, "default-runtime", conf.DefaultRuntime, "Default OCI runtime for containers")
 
 	flags.StringVar(&conf.HTTPProxy, "http-proxy", "", "HTTP proxy URL to use for outgoing traffic")
 	flags.StringVar(&conf.HTTPSProxy, "https-proxy", "", "HTTPS proxy URL to use for outgoing traffic")
diff --git a/cmd/dockerd/config_unix.go b/cmd/dockerd/config_unix.go
index 6f7d5daee2..1c750eb20e 100644
--- a/cmd/dockerd/config_unix.go
+++ b/cmd/dockerd/config_unix.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ func installConfigFlags(conf *config.Config, flags *pflag.FlagSet) error {
 	}
 
 	conf.Ulimits = make(map[string]*units.Ulimit)
-	conf.NetworkConfig.DefaultAddressPools = opts.PoolsOpt{}
 
 	// Set default value for `--default-shm-size`
 	conf.ShmSize = opts.MemBytes(config.DefaultShmSize)
diff --git a/daemon/config/config.go b/daemon/config/config.go
index 54046c1db0..0afcbd4437 100644
--- a/daemon/config/config.go
+++ b/daemon/config/config.go
@@ -296,10 +296,20 @@ func (conf *Config) IsValueSet(name string) bool {
 func New() *Config {
 	return &Config{
 		CommonConfig: CommonConfig{
+			ShutdownTimeout: DefaultShutdownTimeout,
 			LogConfig: LogConfig{
 				Config: make(map[string]string),
 			},
-			Mtu: DefaultNetworkMtu,
+			MaxConcurrentDownloads: DefaultMaxConcurrentDownloads,
+			MaxConcurrentUploads:   DefaultMaxConcurrentUploads,
+			MaxDownloadAttempts:    DefaultDownloadAttempts,
+			Mtu:                    DefaultNetworkMtu,
+			NetworkConfig: NetworkConfig{
+				NetworkControlPlaneMTU: DefaultNetworkMtu,
+			},
+			ContainerdNamespace:       DefaultContainersNamespace,
+			ContainerdPluginNamespace: DefaultPluginNamespace,
+			DefaultRuntime:            StockRuntimeName,
 		},
 	}
 }