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"
diff --git a/test/e2e/lifecycle/ha_master.go b/test/e2e/lifecycle/ha_master.go
index a9912d5f874..de58b26e8ee 100644
--- a/test/e2e/lifecycle/ha_master.go
+++ b/test/e2e/lifecycle/ha_master.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func createNewRC(c clientset.Interface, ns string, name string) {
 }
 
 func findRegionForZone(zone string) string {
-	region, err := exec.Command("gcloud", "compute", "zones", "list", zone, "--quiet", "--format=csv[no-heading](region)").CombinedOutput()
+	region, err := exec.Command("gcloud", "compute", "zones", "list", zone, "--quiet", "--format=csv[no-heading](region)").Output()
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 	if string(region) == "" {
 		framework.Failf("Region not found; zone: %s", zone)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func findRegionForZone(zone string) string {
 
 func findZonesForRegion(region string) []string {
 	output, err := exec.Command("gcloud", "compute", "zones", "list", "--filter=region="+region,
-		"--quiet", "--format=csv[no-heading](name)").CombinedOutput()
+		"--quiet", "--format=csv[no-heading](name)").Output()
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 	zones := strings.Split(string(output), "\n")
 	return zones