diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 14dff9680d2..81fa27c2524 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -3034,7 +3034,7 @@ function override-pv-recycler {
   PV_RECYCLER_VOLUME="{\"name\": \"pv-recycler-mount\",\"hostPath\": {\"path\": \"${PV_RECYCLER_OVERRIDE_TEMPLATE}\", \"type\": \"FileOrCreate\"}},"
   PV_RECYCLER_MOUNT="{\"name\": \"pv-recycler-mount\",\"mountPath\": \"${PV_RECYCLER_OVERRIDE_TEMPLATE}\", \"readOnly\": true},"
 
-  cat > "${PV_RECYCLER_OVERRIDE_TEMPLATE}" <<EOF
+  cat > "${PV_RECYCLER_OVERRIDE_TEMPLATE}" <<\EOF
 version: v1
 kind: Pod
 metadata: