diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_disks.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_disks.go
index 2217bbb8fd0..fab96f9081e 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_disks.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_disks.go
@@ -245,7 +245,10 @@ func (gce *GCECloud) CreateDisk(
 
 	mc := newDiskMetricContext("create", zone)
 	createOp, err := gce.service.Disks.Insert(gce.projectID, zone, diskToCreate).Do()
-	if err != nil {
+	if isGCEError(err, "alreadyExists") {
+		glog.Warningf("GCE PD %q already exists, reusing", name)
+		return nil
+	} else if err != nil {
 		return mc.Observe(err)
 	}