diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_external.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_external.go
index ceaaf053593..e3570dccc61 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_external.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_external.go
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ func (gce *GCECloud) createTargetPoolAndHealthCheck(svc *v1.Service, name, servi
 
 	var instances []string
 	for _, host := range hosts {
-		instances = append(instances, makeHostURL(gce.service.BasePath, gce.projectID, host.Zone, host.Name))
+		instances = append(instances, host.makeComparableHostPath())
 	}
 	glog.Infof("Creating targetpool %v with %d healthchecks", name, len(hcLinks))
 	pool := &compute.TargetPool{