diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
index a43740151c8..bf5f1ee0dbb 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
@@ -211,17 +211,22 @@ func newGCECloud(config io.Reader) (*GCECloud, error) {
 			projectID = cfg.Global.ProjectID
 		}
 
-		if cfg.Global.NetworkName != "" && strings.Contains(cfg.Global.NetworkName, "/") {
-			networkURL = cfg.Global.NetworkName
-		} else {
-			networkURL = gceNetworkURL(apiEndpoint, projectID, networkName)
+		if cfg.Global.NetworkName != "" {
+			if strings.Contains(cfg.Global.NetworkName, "/") {
+				networkURL = cfg.Global.NetworkName
+			} else {
+				networkURL = gceNetworkURL(apiEndpoint, projectID, networkName)
+			}
 		}
 
-		if cfg.Global.SubnetworkName != "" && strings.Contains(cfg.Global.SubnetworkName, "/") {
-			subnetworkURL = cfg.Global.SubnetworkName
-		} else {
-			subnetworkURL = gceSubnetworkURL(apiEndpoint, cfg.Global.ProjectID, region, cfg.Global.SubnetworkName)
+		if cfg.Global.SubnetworkName != "" {
+			if strings.Contains(cfg.Global.SubnetworkName, "/") {
+				subnetworkURL = cfg.Global.SubnetworkName
+			} else {
+				subnetworkURL = gceSubnetworkURL(apiEndpoint, projectID, region, cfg.Global.SubnetworkName)
+			}
 		}
+
 		if cfg.Global.TokenURL != "" {
 			tokenSource = NewAltTokenSource(cfg.Global.TokenURL, cfg.Global.TokenBody)
 		}