diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/master-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/master-helper.sh
index 593652c9e07..d6c48add00a 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/master-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/master-helper.sh
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ function replicate-master-instance() {
   get-metadata "${existing_master_zone}" "${existing_master_name}" gci-ensure-gke-docker > "${KUBE_TEMP}/gci-ensure-gke-docker.txt"
   get-metadata "${existing_master_zone}" "${existing_master_name}" gci-docker-version > "${KUBE_TEMP}/gci-docker-version.txt"
   get-metadata "${existing_master_zone}" "${existing_master_name}" kube-master-certs > "${KUBE_TEMP}/kube-master-certs.yaml"
+  get-metadata "${existing_master_zone}" "${existing_master_name}" cluster-location > "${KUBE_TEMP}/cluster-location.txt"
 
   create-master-instance-internal "${REPLICA_NAME}"
 }
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ function create-master-instance-internal() {
   metadata="${metadata},gci-ensure-gke-docker=${KUBE_TEMP}/gci-ensure-gke-docker.txt"
   metadata="${metadata},gci-docker-version=${KUBE_TEMP}/gci-docker-version.txt"
   metadata="${metadata},kube-master-certs=${KUBE_TEMP}/kube-master-certs.yaml"
+  metadata="${metadata},cluster-location=${KUBE_TEMP}/cluster-location.txt"
   metadata="${metadata},${MASTER_EXTRA_METADATA}"
 
   local disk="name=${master_name}-pd"