diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_test.go
index c141033c986..7d7224892c1 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestGetLoadBalancer(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	vals := DefaultTestClusterValues()
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ func TestGetLoadBalancer(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestEnsureLoadBalancerCreatesExternalLb(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	vals := DefaultTestClusterValues()
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -66,6 +70,8 @@ func TestEnsureLoadBalancerCreatesExternalLb(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestEnsureLoadBalancerCreatesInternalLb(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	vals := DefaultTestClusterValues()
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -82,6 +88,8 @@ func TestEnsureLoadBalancerCreatesInternalLb(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestEnsureLoadBalancerDeletesExistingInternalLb(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	vals := DefaultTestClusterValues()
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -102,6 +110,8 @@ func TestEnsureLoadBalancerDeletesExistingInternalLb(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestEnsureLoadBalancerDeletesExistingExternalLb(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	vals := DefaultTestClusterValues()
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -123,6 +133,8 @@ func TestEnsureLoadBalancerDeletesExistingExternalLb(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestEnsureLoadBalancerDeletedDeletesExternalLb(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	vals := DefaultTestClusterValues()
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -140,6 +152,8 @@ func TestEnsureLoadBalancerDeletedDeletesExternalLb(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestEnsureLoadBalancerDeletedDeletesInternalLb(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	vals := DefaultTestClusterValues()
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_utils_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_utils_test.go
index d34ee3ad52e..366d347e7b6 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_utils_test.go
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func assertExternalLbResources(t *testing.T, gce *GCECloud, apiService *v1.Servi
 
 	// Check that Firewalls are created for the LoadBalancer and the HealthCheck
 	fwNames := []string{
-		MakeFirewallName(lbName),
+		MakeFirewallName(lbName), // Firewalls for external LBs are prefixed with k8s-fw-
 		MakeHealthCheckFirewallName(vals.ClusterID, hcName, true),
 	}
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func assertInternalLbResources(t *testing.T, gce *GCECloud, apiService *v1.Servi
 
 	// Check that Firewalls are created for the LoadBalancer and the HealthCheck
 	fwNames := []string{
-		lbName,
+		lbName, // Firewalls for internal LBs are named the same name as the loadbalancer.
 		makeHealthCheckFirewallName(lbName, vals.ClusterID, true),
 	}