diff --git a/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-rke/component.js b/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-rke/component.js
index d546b7bbc..31d339dd9 100644
--- a/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-rke/component.js
+++ b/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-rke/component.js
@@ -884,7 +884,9 @@ export default InputTextFile.extend(ClusterDriver, {
 
   migrateLegacyEtcdSnapshotSettings() {
     const { cluster } = this;
-    const { retention, creation } = cluster.rancherKubernetesEngineConfig.services.etcd;
+    let {
+      retention, creation, backupConfig
+    } = cluster.rancherKubernetesEngineConfig.services.etcd;
 
     let creationMatch = creation.match(/^((\d+)h)?((\d+)m)?((\d+)s)?$/);
     let momentReady   = [creationMatch[2], creationMatch[4], creationMatch[6]];
@@ -901,10 +903,22 @@ export default InputTextFile.extend(ClusterDriver, {
       hasLegacySnapshotSettings: true,
     });
 
-    setProperties(cluster.rancherKubernetesEngineConfig.services.etcd, {
-      'backupConfig.intervalHours': parsedDurationAsHours,
-      snapshot:                     false,
-    });
+    if (backupConfig) {
+      setProperties(cluster.rancherKubernetesEngineConfig.services.etcd, {
+        'backupConfig.intervalHours': parsedDurationAsHours,
+        snapshot:                     false,
+      });
+    } else {
+      backupConfig = this.globalStore.createRecord({
+        type:          'backupConfig',
+        intervalHours: parsedDurationAsHours
+      });
+
+      setProperties(cluster.rancherKubernetesEngineConfig.services.etcd, {
+        backupConfig,
+        snapshot: false,
+      });
+    }
   },
 
   initRootDockerDirectory() {