diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_instancegroup.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_instancegroup.go
index e8b37526221..46c58792b68 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_instancegroup.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_instancegroup.go
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ func (g *Cloud) DeleteInstanceGroup(name string, zone string) error {
 
 // FilterInstanceGroupsByName lists all InstanceGroups in the project and
 // zone that match the name regexp.
-func (g *Cloud) FilterInstanceGroupsByName(name, zone string) ([]*compute.InstanceGroup, error) {
+func (g *Cloud) FilterInstanceGroupsByNamePrefix(namePrefix, zone string) ([]*compute.InstanceGroup, error) {
 	ctx, cancel := cloud.ContextWithCallTimeout()
 	defer cancel()
 	mc := newInstanceGroupMetricContext("filter", zone)
-	v, err := g.c.InstanceGroups().List(ctx, zone, filter.Regexp("name", name))
+	v, err := g.c.InstanceGroups().List(ctx, zone, filter.Regexp("name", namePrefix+".*"))
 	return v, mc.Observe(err)
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go
index 3a40d5cba16..3fca2d76397 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go
@@ -626,9 +626,9 @@ func (g *Cloud) ensureInternalInstanceGroups(name string, nodes []*v1.Node) ([]s
 	var igLinks []string
 	for zone, nodes := range zonedNodes {
 		if g.AlphaFeatureGate.Enabled(AlphaFeatureSkipIGsManagement) {
-			igs, err := g.FilterInstanceGroupsByName(name, zone)
+			igs, err := g.FilterInstanceGroupsByNamePrefix(name, zone)
 			if err != nil {
-				return []string{}, err
+				return nil, err
 			}
 			for _, ig := range igs {
 				igLinks = append(igLinks, ig.SelfLink)
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ func (g *Cloud) ensureInternalInstanceGroups(name string, nodes []*v1.Node) ([]s
 		} else {
 			igLink, err := g.ensureInternalInstanceGroup(name, zone, nodes)
 			if err != nil {
-				return []string{}, err
+				return nil, err
 			}
 			igLinks = append(igLinks, igLink)
 		}