diff --git a/pkg/apply/processor/delete.go b/pkg/apply/processor/delete.go
index 3e24b54b664..319f9a46f68 100644
--- a/pkg/apply/processor/delete.go
+++ b/pkg/apply/processor/delete.go
@@ -74,7 +74,13 @@ func (d *DeleteProcessor) PreProcess(cluster *v2.Cluster) error {
 func (d *DeleteProcessor) UndoBootstrap(cluster *v2.Cluster) error {
 	logger.Info("Executing pipeline Bootstrap in DeleteProcessor")
 	hosts := append(cluster.GetMasterIPAndPortList(), cluster.GetNodeIPAndPortList()...)
-	bs := bootstrap.New(d.ClusterFile.GetCluster())
+	var cls *v2.Cluster
+	if v := d.ClusterFile.GetCluster(); v != nil {
+		cls = v
+	} else {
+		cls = cluster
+	}
+	bs := bootstrap.New(cls)
 	return bs.Delete(hosts...)
 }
 
@@ -96,7 +102,14 @@ func (d *DeleteProcessor) UnMountRootfs(cluster *v2.Cluster) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return fs.UnMountRootfs(d.ClusterFile.GetCluster(), hosts)
+	var cls *v2.Cluster
+	if v := d.ClusterFile.GetCluster(); v != nil {
+		cls = v
+	} else {
+		cls = cluster
+	}
+
+	return fs.UnMountRootfs(cls, hosts)
 }
 
 func (d *DeleteProcessor) UnMountImage(cluster *v2.Cluster) error {
diff --git a/pkg/apply/reset.go b/pkg/apply/reset.go
index c3f35c10b39..921a4d1fd60 100644
--- a/pkg/apply/reset.go
+++ b/pkg/apply/reset.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package apply
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ func NewApplierFromResetArgs(cmd *cobra.Command, args *ResetArgs) (applydrivers.
 	clusterPath := constants.Clusterfile(args.ClusterName)
 	cf := clusterfile.NewClusterFile(clusterPath)
 	err := cf.Process()
+	// incase we want to reset force
 	if err != nil && err != clusterfile.ErrClusterFileNotExists {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ func (r *ClusterArgs) resetArgs(cmd *cobra.Command, args *ResetArgs) error {
 	}
 	override := getSSHFromCommand(cmd)
 	if override != nil {
-		r.cluster.Spec.SSH = *override
+		ssh.OverSSHConfig(&r.cluster.Spec.SSH, override)
 	}
 
 	if len(args.Cluster.Masters) > 0 {
@@ -73,6 +75,10 @@ func (r *ClusterArgs) resetArgs(cmd *cobra.Command, args *ResetArgs) error {
 		}
 		r.cluster.Spec.Hosts = r.hosts
 	}
+
+	if r.cluster.ObjectMeta.CreationTimestamp.IsZero() && len(r.cluster.Spec.Hosts) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("must specified '--masters' or '--nodes' when clusterfile is not exists")
+	}
 	logger.Debug("cluster info: %v", r.cluster)
 	return nil
 }