diff --git a/pkg/instancegroups/instancegroups.go b/pkg/instancegroups/instancegroups.go
index 1a3a8518a8..154acd82e4 100644
--- a/pkg/instancegroups/instancegroups.go
+++ b/pkg/instancegroups/instancegroups.go
@@ -575,8 +575,8 @@ func (c *RollingUpdateCluster) drainNode(u *cloudinstances.CloudInstance) error
 		Out:                 os.Stdout,
 		ErrOut:              os.Stderr,
 
-		// We want to proceed even when pods are using local data (emptyDir)
-		DeleteLocalData: true,
+		// We want to proceed even when pods are using emptyDir volumes
+		DeleteEmptyDirData: true,
 
 		// Other options we might want to set:
 		// Timeout?