diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index 88f333dd62b..05bcd9a7363 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ function create-subnetworks() {
       --network ${NETWORK} \
       --region ${REGION} \
       --range ${NODE_IP_RANGE} \
-      --secondary-range "name=pods-default,range=${CLUSTER_IP_RANGE}"
+      --secondary-range "pods-default=${CLUSTER_IP_RANGE}"
     echo "Created subnetwork ${IP_ALIAS_SUBNETWORK}"
   else
     if ! echo ${subnet} | grep --quiet secondaryIpRanges ${subnet}; then