diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_external_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_external_test.go
index c6772780056..fb5261e92ba 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_external_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_external_test.go
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func TestEnsureExternalLoadBalancer(t *testing.T) {
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService("")
 	status, err := createExternalLoadBalancer(gce, apiService, nodeNames, vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, vals.ZoneName)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, status.Ingress)
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ func TestUpdateExternalLoadBalancer(t *testing.T) {
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud((DefaultTestClusterValues()))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService("")
 	_, err = createExternalLoadBalancer(gce, apiService, []string{nodeName}, vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, vals.ZoneName)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ func TestEnsureExternalLoadBalancerDeleted(t *testing.T) {
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService("")
 	_, err = createExternalLoadBalancer(gce, apiService, []string{"test-node-1"}, vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, vals.ZoneName)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ func TestLoadBalancerWrongTierResourceDeletion(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Enable the cloud.NetworkTiers feature
 	gce.AlphaFeatureGate.features[AlphaFeatureNetworkTiers] = true
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService("")
 	apiService.Annotations = map[string]string{NetworkTierAnnotationKey: "Premium"}
 
 	// cloud.NetworkTier defaults to Premium
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ func TestEnsureExternalLoadBalancerFailsIfInvalidNetworkTier(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Enable the cloud.NetworkTiers feature
 	gce.AlphaFeatureGate.features[AlphaFeatureNetworkTiers] = true
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService("")
 	apiService.Annotations = map[string]string{NetworkTierAnnotationKey: wrongTier}
 
 	_, err = gce.ensureExternalLoadBalancer(vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, apiService, nil, nodes)
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ func TestEnsureExternalLoadBalancerFailsWithNoNodes(t *testing.T) {
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(DefaultTestClusterValues())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService("")
 	_, err = gce.ensureExternalLoadBalancer(vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, apiService, nil, []*v1.Node{})
 	require.Error(t, err)
 	assert.EqualError(t, err, errStrLbNoHosts)
@@ -456,11 +456,11 @@ func TestForwardingRuleNeedsUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	vals := DefaultTestClusterValues()
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(DefaultTestClusterValues())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	status, err := createExternalLoadBalancer(gce, fakeLbApiService(), []string{"test-node-1"}, vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, vals.ZoneName)
+	status, err := createExternalLoadBalancer(gce, fakeLoadbalancerService(""), []string{"test-node-1"}, vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, vals.ZoneName)
 	require.NotNil(t, status)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService("")
 	lbName := cloudprovider.GetLoadBalancerName(apiService)
 	ipAddr := status.Ingress[0].IP
 
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ func TestTargetPoolNeedsRecreation(t *testing.T) {
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(DefaultTestClusterValues())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService("")
 	serviceName := apiService.ObjectMeta.Name
 	lbName := cloudprovider.GetLoadBalancerName(apiService)
 	nodes, err := createAndInsertNodes(gce, []string{"test-node-1"}, vals.ZoneName)
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ func TestFirewallNeedsUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	vals := DefaultTestClusterValues()
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(DefaultTestClusterValues())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService("")
 	status, err := createExternalLoadBalancer(gce, apiService, []string{"test-node-1"}, vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, vals.ZoneName)
 	require.NotNil(t, status)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ func TestEnsureTargetPoolAndHealthCheck(t *testing.T) {
 
 	nodes, err := createAndInsertNodes(gce, []string{"test-node-1"}, vals.ZoneName)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService("")
 	status, err := gce.ensureExternalLoadBalancer(
 		vals.ClusterName,
 		vals.ClusterID,
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ func TestCreateAndUpdateFirewallSucceedsOnXPN(t *testing.T) {
 	recorder := record.NewFakeRecorder(1024)
 	gce.eventRecorder = recorder
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService("")
 	nodes, err := createAndInsertNodes(gce, []string{"test-node-1"}, vals.ZoneName)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	hostNames := nodeNames(nodes)
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ func TestEnsureExternalLoadBalancerDeletedSucceedsOnXPN(t *testing.T) {
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(DefaultTestClusterValues())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	_, err = createExternalLoadBalancer(gce, fakeLbApiService(), []string{"test-node-1"}, vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, vals.ZoneName)
+	_, err = createExternalLoadBalancer(gce, fakeLoadbalancerService(""), []string{"test-node-1"}, vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, vals.ZoneName)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	c := gce.c.(*cloud.MockGCE)
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ func TestEnsureExternalLoadBalancerDeletedSucceedsOnXPN(t *testing.T) {
 	recorder := record.NewFakeRecorder(1024)
 	gce.eventRecorder = recorder
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService("")
 	err = gce.ensureExternalLoadBalancerDeleted(vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, apiService)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ func TestEnsureExternalLoadBalancerErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			gce, err := fakeGCECloud(DefaultTestClusterValues())
 			nodes, err := createAndInsertNodes(gce, []string{"test-node-1"}, vals.ZoneName)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
-			apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+			apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService("")
 			params = newEnsureELBParams(nodes, apiService)
 			if tc.adjustParams != nil {
 				tc.adjustParams(params)
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal_test.go
index 611d3f3e5db..1e14dbab77c 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal_test.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestEnsureInternalBackendServiceUpdates(t *testing.T) {
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService(string(LBTypeInternal))
 	lbName := cloudprovider.GetLoadBalancerName(apiService)
 	nodes, err := createAndInsertNodes(gce, nodeNames, vals.ZoneName)
 	igName := makeInstanceGroupName(vals.ClusterID)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func TestEnsureInternalBackendServiceGroups(t *testing.T) {
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService(string(LBTypeInternal))
 	lbName := cloudprovider.GetLoadBalancerName(apiService)
 	nodes, err := createAndInsertNodes(gce, nodeNames, vals.ZoneName)
 	igName := makeInstanceGroupName(vals.ClusterID)
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func TestEnsureInternalLoadBalancer(t *testing.T) {
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService(string(LBTypeInternal))
 	status, err := createInternalLoadBalancer(gce, apiService, nil, nodeNames, vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, vals.ZoneName)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, status.Ingress)
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func TestEnsureInternalLoadBalancerWithExistingResources(t *testing.T) {
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService(string(LBTypeInternal))
 	// Create the expected resources necessary for an Internal Load Balancer
 	nm := types.NamespacedName{Name: apiService.Name, Namespace: apiService.Namespace}
 	lbName := cloudprovider.GetLoadBalancerName(apiService)
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func TestEnsureInternalLoadBalancerClearPreviousResources(t *testing.T) {
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService(string(LBTypeInternal))
 	lbName := cloudprovider.GetLoadBalancerName(apiService)
 
 	// Create a ForwardingRule that's missing an IP address
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func TestUpdateInternalLoadBalancerBackendServices(t *testing.T) {
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService(string(LBTypeInternal))
 	_, err = createInternalLoadBalancer(gce, apiService, nil, []string{"test-node-1"}, vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, vals.ZoneName)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func TestUpdateInternalLoadBalancerNodes(t *testing.T) {
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService(string(LBTypeInternal))
 	_, err = createInternalLoadBalancer(gce, apiService, nil, []string{"test-node-1"}, vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, vals.ZoneName)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ func TestEnsureInternalLoadBalancerDeleted(t *testing.T) {
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService(string(LBTypeInternal))
 	_, err = createInternalLoadBalancer(gce, apiService, nil, []string{"test-node-1"}, vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, vals.ZoneName)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ func TestEnsureInternalLoadBalancerDeletedTwiceDoesNotError(t *testing.T) {
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService(string(LBTypeInternal))
 	_, err = createInternalLoadBalancer(gce, apiService, nil, []string{"test-node-1"}, vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, vals.ZoneName)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_test.go
index b4ab061ee71..c141033c986 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func TestGetLoadBalancer(t *testing.T) {
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService("")
 
 	// When a loadbalancer has not been created
 	status, found, err := gce.GetLoadBalancer(context.Background(), vals.ClusterName, apiService)
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func TestEnsureLoadBalancerCreatesExternalLb(t *testing.T) {
 	nodes, err := createAndInsertNodes(gce, nodeNames, vals.ZoneName)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService("")
 	status, err := gce.EnsureLoadBalancer(context.Background(), vals.ClusterName, apiService, nodes)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, status.Ingress)
@@ -74,11 +74,7 @@ func TestEnsureLoadBalancerCreatesInternalLb(t *testing.T) {
 	nodes, err := createAndInsertNodes(gce, nodeNames, vals.ZoneName)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
-	annotations := make(map[string]string)
-	annotations[ServiceAnnotationLoadBalancerType] = string(LBTypeInternal)
-	apiService.Annotations = annotations
-
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService(string(LBTypeInternal))
 	status, err := gce.EnsureLoadBalancer(context.Background(), vals.ClusterName, apiService, nodes)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, status.Ingress)
@@ -94,7 +90,7 @@ func TestEnsureLoadBalancerDeletesExistingInternalLb(t *testing.T) {
 	nodes, err := createAndInsertNodes(gce, nodeNames, vals.ZoneName)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService("")
 	createInternalLoadBalancer(gce, apiService, nil, nodeNames, vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, vals.ZoneName)
 
 	status, err := gce.EnsureLoadBalancer(context.Background(), vals.ClusterName, apiService, nodes)
@@ -114,12 +110,10 @@ func TestEnsureLoadBalancerDeletesExistingExternalLb(t *testing.T) {
 	nodes, err := createAndInsertNodes(gce, nodeNames, vals.ZoneName)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService("")
 	createExternalLoadBalancer(gce, apiService, nodeNames, vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, vals.ZoneName)
 
-	annotations := make(map[string]string)
-	annotations[ServiceAnnotationLoadBalancerType] = string(LBTypeInternal)
-	apiService.Annotations = annotations
+	apiService = fakeLoadbalancerService(string(LBTypeInternal))
 	status, err := gce.EnsureLoadBalancer(context.Background(), vals.ClusterName, apiService, nodes)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, status.Ingress)
@@ -137,7 +131,7 @@ func TestEnsureLoadBalancerDeletedDeletesExternalLb(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err = createAndInsertNodes(gce, nodeNames, vals.ZoneName)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService("")
 	createExternalLoadBalancer(gce, apiService, nodeNames, vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, vals.ZoneName)
 
 	err = gce.EnsureLoadBalancerDeleted(context.Background(), vals.ClusterName, apiService)
@@ -154,10 +148,7 @@ func TestEnsureLoadBalancerDeletedDeletesInternalLb(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err = createAndInsertNodes(gce, nodeNames, vals.ZoneName)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	apiService := fakeLbApiService()
-	annotations := make(map[string]string)
-	annotations[ServiceAnnotationLoadBalancerType] = string(LBTypeInternal)
-	apiService.Annotations = annotations
+	apiService := fakeLoadbalancerService(string(LBTypeInternal))
 	createInternalLoadBalancer(gce, apiService, nil, nodeNames, vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, vals.ZoneName)
 
 	err = gce.EnsureLoadBalancerDeleted(context.Background(), vals.ClusterName, apiService)
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_utils_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_utils_test.go
index e8d31538afc..d34ee3ad52e 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_utils_test.go
@@ -69,9 +69,12 @@ func DefaultTestClusterValues() TestClusterValues {
 	}
 }
 
-func fakeLbApiService() *v1.Service {
+func fakeLoadbalancerService(lbType string) *v1.Service {
 	return &v1.Service{
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: ""},
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:        "",
+			Annotations: map[string]string{ServiceAnnotationLoadBalancerType: lbType},
+		},
 		Spec: v1.ServiceSpec{
 			SessionAffinity: v1.ServiceAffinityClientIP,
 			Type:            v1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer,