diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/amifamily/bootstrap/eksbootstrap.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/amifamily/bootstrap/eksbootstrap.go
index 91464d7098a5..4d64a410b7c5 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/amifamily/bootstrap/eksbootstrap.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/amifamily/bootstrap/eksbootstrap.go
@@ -31,24 +31,25 @@ type EKS struct {
 func (e EKS) Script() string {
 	var caBundleArg string
 	if e.CABundle != nil {
-		caBundleArg = fmt.Sprintf("--b64-cluster-ca='%s'", *e.CABundle)
+		caBundleArg = fmt.Sprintf("--b64-cluster-ca '%s'", *e.CABundle)
 	}
 	var userData bytes.Buffer
 	userData.WriteString("#!/bin/bash -xe\n")
 	userData.WriteString("exec > >(tee /var/log/user-data.log|logger -t user-data -s 2>/dev/console) 2>&1\n")
-	userData.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("/etc/eks/bootstrap.sh '%s' --apiserver-endpoint='%s' %s", e.ClusterName, e.ClusterEndpoint, caBundleArg))
+	// Due to the way bootstrap.sh is written, parameters should not be passed to it with an equal sign
+	userData.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("/etc/eks/bootstrap.sh '%s' --apiserver-endpoint '%s' %s", e.ClusterName, e.ClusterEndpoint, caBundleArg))
 
 	kubeletExtraArgs := strings.Join([]string{e.nodeLabelArg(), e.nodeTaintArg()}, " ")
 
 	if !e.AWSENILimitedPodDensity {
-		userData.WriteString(" \\\n--use-max-pods=false")
+		userData.WriteString(" \\\n--use-max-pods false")
 		kubeletExtraArgs += " --max-pods=110"
 	}
 	if kubeletExtraArgs = strings.Trim(kubeletExtraArgs, " "); len(kubeletExtraArgs) > 0 {
-		userData.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" \\\n--kubelet-extra-args='%s'", kubeletExtraArgs))
+		userData.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" \\\n--kubelet-extra-args '%s'", kubeletExtraArgs))
 	}
 	if e.KubeletConfig != nil && len(e.KubeletConfig.ClusterDNS) > 0 {
-		userData.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" \\\n--dns-cluster-ip='%s'", e.KubeletConfig.ClusterDNS[0]))
+		userData.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" \\\n--dns-cluster-ip '%s'", e.KubeletConfig.ClusterDNS[0]))
 	}
 	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(userData.Bytes())
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/suite_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/suite_test.go
index c625ab3e93de..21837e967185 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/suite_test.go
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Allocation", func() {
 				Expect(fakeEC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Cardinality()).To(Equal(1))
 				input := fakeEC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Pop().(*ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput)
 				userData, _ := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(*input.LaunchTemplateData.UserData)
-				Expect(string(userData)).NotTo(ContainSubstring("--use-max-pods=false"))
+				Expect(string(userData)).NotTo(ContainSubstring("--use-max-pods false"))
 			})
 			It("should specify --use-max-pods=false when not using ENI-based pod density", func() {
 				opts.AWSENILimitedPodDensity = false
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Allocation", func() {
 				Expect(fakeEC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Cardinality()).To(Equal(1))
 				input := fakeEC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Pop().(*ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput)
 				userData, _ := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(*input.LaunchTemplateData.UserData)
-				Expect(string(userData)).To(ContainSubstring("--use-max-pods=false"))
+				Expect(string(userData)).To(ContainSubstring("--use-max-pods false"))
 				Expect(string(userData)).To(ContainSubstring("--max-pods=110"))
 			})
 			Context("Kubelet Args", func() {
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Allocation", func() {
 					Expect(fakeEC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Cardinality()).To(Equal(1))
 					input := fakeEC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Pop().(*ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput)
 					userData, _ := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(*input.LaunchTemplateData.UserData)
-					Expect(string(userData)).To(ContainSubstring("--dns-cluster-ip='10.0.10.100'"))
+					Expect(string(userData)).To(ContainSubstring("--dns-cluster-ip '10.0.10.100'"))
 				})
 			})
 			Context("Instance Profile", func() {