diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_clusters.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_clusters.go
index 18c3abc858d..4524d483f69 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_clusters.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_clusters.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import "time"
 func newClustersMetricContext(request, zone string) *metricContext {
 	return &metricContext{
 		start:      time.Now(),
-		attributes: []string{"clusters" + request, unusedMetricLabel, zone},
+		attributes: []string{"clusters_" + request, unusedMetricLabel, zone},
 	}
 }