diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
index 8b9e59004de..4875c65e385 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ func CreateGCECloud(projectID, region, zone string, managedZones []string, netwo
 		localZone:                zone,
 		managedZones:             managedZones,
 		networkURL:               networkURL,
+		nodeTags:                 nodeTags,
 		useMetadataServer:        useMetadataServer,
 		operationPollRateLimiter: operationPollRateLimiter,
 	}, nil