Cluster upgrade Master node Machine Config Daemon `could not stat file: "/etc/kubernetes/manifests/etcd-member.yaml"`

Issue

• After upgrading from Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3.z to 4.4.z the master nodes are marking Degradeddue to unexpected on-disk state validating against rendered-master-26b2ef2cf1c3ddd7cc0ad00c89xxxxxx

• Upgrading from Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3.z to 4.4.z the master nodes are Degradedand errors are visible in the Machine Config Daemon log:

  2020-11-16T08:33:34.234896602Z I1116 08:33:34.234255 1767787 daemon.go:759] Current+desired config: rendered-master-26b2ef2cf1c3ddd7cc0ad00c89xxxxxx
  2020-11-16T08:33:34.251342366Z I1116 08:33:34.251290 1767787 daemon.go:1016] Validating against current config rendered-master-26b2ef2cf1c3ddd7cc0ad00c89xxxxxx
  2020-11-16T08:33:35.115126311Z E1116 08:33:35.115050 1767787 daemon.go:1399] could not stat file: "/etc/kubernetes/manifests/etcd-member.yaml", error: lstat /etc/kubernetes/manifests/etcd-member.yaml: no such file or directory 
  2020-11-16T08:33:35.115126311Z E1116 08:33:35.115111 1767787 writer.go:135] Marking Degraded due to: unexpected on-disk state validating against rendered-master-26b2ef2cf1c3ddd7cc0ad00c89xxxxxx