diff --git a/ironic/drivers/modules/agent_client.py b/ironic/drivers/modules/agent_client.py
index e908bd646c..2fb09a99be 100644
--- a/ironic/drivers/modules/agent_client.py
+++ b/ironic/drivers/modules/agent_client.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class AgentClient(object):
     @METRICS.timer('AgentClient.get_clean_steps')
     def get_clean_steps(self, node, ports):
         params = {
-            'node': node.as_dict(),
+            'node': node.as_dict(secure=True),
             'ports': [port.as_dict() for port in ports]
         }
         return self._command(node=node,
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class AgentClient(object):
     def execute_clean_step(self, step, node, ports):
         params = {
             'step': step,
-            'node': node.as_dict(),
+            'node': node.as_dict(secure=True),
             'ports': [port.as_dict() for port in ports],
             'clean_version': node.driver_internal_info.get(
                 'hardware_manager_version')
diff --git a/ironic/objects/node.py b/ironic/objects/node.py
index cffd53d9b8..64a08ad2b5 100644
--- a/ironic/objects/node.py
+++ b/ironic/objects/node.py
@@ -127,6 +127,15 @@ class Node(base.IronicObject, object_base.VersionedObjectDictCompat):
         'vendor_interface': object_fields.StringField(nullable=True),
     }
 
+    def as_dict(self, secure=False):
+        d = super(Node, self).as_dict()
+        if secure:
+            d['driver_info'] = strutils.mask_dict_password(
+                d.get('driver_info', {}), "******")
+            d['instance_info'] = strutils.mask_dict_password(
+                d.get('instance_info', {}), "******")
+        return d
+
     def _validate_property_values(self, properties):
         """Check if the input of local_gb, cpus and memory_mb are valid.
 
diff --git a/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/test_agent_client.py b/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/test_agent_client.py
index 5f81decaa0..99b7e59ff3 100644
--- a/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/test_agent_client.py
+++ b/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/test_agent_client.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ class MockNode(object):
         }
         self.instance_info = {}
 
-    def as_dict(self):
+    def as_dict(self, secure=False):
+        assert secure, 'agent_client must pass secure=True'
         return {
             'uuid': self.uuid,
             'driver_internal_info': self.driver_internal_info,
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ class TestAgentClient(base.TestCase):
         self.client._command = mock.MagicMock(spec_set=[])
         ports = []
         expected_params = {
-            'node': self.node.as_dict(),
+            'node': self.node.as_dict(secure=True),
             'ports': []
         }
 
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ class TestAgentClient(base.TestCase):
         step = {'priority': 10, 'step': 'erase_devices', 'interface': 'deploy'}
         expected_params = {
             'step': step,
-            'node': self.node.as_dict(),
+            'node': self.node.as_dict(secure=True),
             'ports': [],
             'clean_version':
                 self.node.driver_internal_info['hardware_manager_version']
diff --git a/ironic/tests/unit/objects/test_node.py b/ironic/tests/unit/objects/test_node.py
index 9dcfc2f188..008c015b17 100644
--- a/ironic/tests/unit/objects/test_node.py
+++ b/ironic/tests/unit/objects/test_node.py
@@ -34,6 +34,20 @@ class TestNodeObject(db_base.DbTestCase, obj_utils.SchemasTestMixIn):
         self.fake_node = db_utils.get_test_node()
         self.node = obj_utils.get_test_node(self.ctxt, **self.fake_node)
 
+    def test_as_dict_insecure(self):
+        self.node.driver_info['ipmi_password'] = 'fake'
+        self.node.instance_info['configdrive'] = 'data'
+        d = self.node.as_dict()
+        self.assertEqual('fake', d['driver_info']['ipmi_password'])
+        self.assertEqual('data', d['instance_info']['configdrive'])
+
+    def test_as_dict_secure(self):
+        self.node.driver_info['ipmi_password'] = 'fake'
+        self.node.instance_info['configdrive'] = 'data'
+        d = self.node.as_dict(secure=True)
+        self.assertEqual('******', d['driver_info']['ipmi_password'])
+        self.assertEqual('******', d['instance_info']['configdrive'])
+
     def test_get_by_id(self):
         node_id = self.fake_node['id']
         with mock.patch.object(self.dbapi, 'get_node_by_id',
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/node-credentials-cleaning-b1903f49ffeba029.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/node-credentials-cleaning-b1903f49ffeba029.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca4829afa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/node-credentials-cleaning-b1903f49ffeba029.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+security:
+  - |
+    Sensitive information is now removed from a node's ``driver_info`` and
+    ``instance_info`` fields before sending it to the ramdisk during cleaning.