diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
index 8ebe9dde413..dcc1d74f347 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
@@ -1446,6 +1446,14 @@ func (gce *GCECloud) deleteForwardingRule(name, region string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (gce *GCECloud) DeleteForwardingRule(name string) error {
+	region, err := GetGCERegion(gce.localZone)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return gce.deleteForwardingRule(name, region)
+}
+
 // DeleteTargetPool deletes the given target pool.
 func (gce *GCECloud) DeleteTargetPool(name string, hc *compute.HttpHealthCheck) error {
 	region, err := GetGCERegion(gce.localZone)
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/util.go b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
index 442d8009f03..ccc4846ef0d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
@@ -4589,7 +4589,7 @@ func CleanupGCEResources(loadBalancerName string) (err error) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert CloudConfig.Provider to GCECloud: %#v", TestContext.CloudConfig.Provider)
 	}
 	gceCloud.DeleteFirewall(loadBalancerName)
-	gceCloud.DeleteGlobalForwardingRule(loadBalancerName)
+	gceCloud.DeleteForwardingRule(loadBalancerName)
 	gceCloud.DeleteGlobalStaticIP(loadBalancerName)
 	hc, _ := gceCloud.GetHttpHealthCheck(loadBalancerName)
 	gceCloud.DeleteTargetPool(loadBalancerName, hc)