diff --git a/hack/make-rules/test-e2e-node.sh b/hack/make-rules/test-e2e-node.sh
index 6ad1bc1f8f8..0dba6319ca5 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/test-e2e-node.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/test-e2e-node.sh
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ if [ "${remote}" = true ] ; then
   IFS=',' read -ra IM <<< "${images}"
        images=""
        for i in "${IM[@]}"; do
-         if gcloud compute instances list "${instance_prefix}-${i}" | grep "${i}"; then
+         if gcloud compute instances list --project="${project}" --filter="name:'${instance_prefix}-${i}' AND zone:'${zone}'" | grep "${i}"; then
            if [[ "${hosts}" != "" ]]; then
              hosts="${hosts},"
            fi