diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
index 7d24db199ec..99b005814f9 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
       - key: "node.alpha.kubernetes.io/ismaster"
         effect: "NoSchedule"
+      - operator: "Exists"
+        effect: "NoExecute"
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
       volumes:
       - name: varlog