diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/app/core.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/app/core.go
index 6b8e961da00..0b939eb2b1f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/app/core.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/app/core.go
@@ -99,15 +99,15 @@ func startServiceController(ctx *config.CompletedConfig, cloud cloudprovider.Int
 }
 
 func startRouteController(ctx *config.CompletedConfig, cloud cloudprovider.Interface, stopCh <-chan struct{}) (http.Handler, bool, error) {
-	if !ctx.ComponentConfig.KubeCloudShared.AllocateNodeCIDRs || !ctx.ComponentConfig.KubeCloudShared.ConfigureCloudRoutes {
-		klog.Infof("Will not configure cloud provider routes for allocate-node-cidrs: %v, configure-cloud-routes: %v.", ctx.ComponentConfig.KubeCloudShared.AllocateNodeCIDRs, ctx.ComponentConfig.KubeCloudShared.ConfigureCloudRoutes)
+	if !ctx.ComponentConfig.KubeCloudShared.ConfigureCloudRoutes {
+		klog.Infof("Will not configure cloud provider routes, --configure-cloud-routes: %v", ctx.ComponentConfig.KubeCloudShared.ConfigureCloudRoutes)
 		return nil, false, nil
 	}
 
 	// If CIDRs should be allocated for pods and set on the CloudProvider, then start the route controller
 	routes, ok := cloud.Routes()
 	if !ok {
-		klog.Warning("configure-cloud-routes is set, but cloud provider does not support routes. Will not configure cloud provider routes.")
+		klog.Warning("--configure-cloud-routes is set, but cloud provider does not support routes. Will not configure cloud provider routes.")
 		return nil, false, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/fake/fake.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/fake/fake.go
index fa085ea5ec1..7748dbfd7e5 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/fake/fake.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/fake/fake.go
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ var _ cloudprovider.Clusters = (*Cloud)(nil)
 
 // Cloud is a test-double implementation of Interface, LoadBalancer, Instances, and Routes. It is useful for testing.
 type Cloud struct {
+	DisableInstances     bool
+	DisableRoutes        bool
+	DisableLoadBalancers bool
+	DisableZones         bool
+	DisableClusters      bool
+
 	Exists bool
 	Err    error
 
@@ -126,7 +132,7 @@ func (f *Cloud) Master(ctx context.Context, name string) (string, error) {
 
 // Clusters returns a clusters interface.  Also returns true if the interface is supported, false otherwise.
 func (f *Cloud) Clusters() (cloudprovider.Clusters, bool) {
-	return f, true
+	return f, !f.DisableClusters
 }
 
 // ProviderName returns the cloud provider ID.
@@ -145,14 +151,14 @@ func (f *Cloud) HasClusterID() bool {
 // LoadBalancer returns a fake implementation of LoadBalancer.
 // Actually it just returns f itself.
 func (f *Cloud) LoadBalancer() (cloudprovider.LoadBalancer, bool) {
-	return f, true
+	return f, !f.DisableLoadBalancers
 }
 
 // Instances returns a fake implementation of Instances.
 //
 // Actually it just returns f itself.
 func (f *Cloud) Instances() (cloudprovider.Instances, bool) {
-	return f, true
+	return f, !f.DisableInstances
 }
 
 // InstancesV2 returns a fake implementation of InstancesV2.
@@ -167,12 +173,12 @@ func (f *Cloud) InstancesV2() (cloudprovider.InstancesV2, bool) {
 
 // Zones returns a zones interface. Also returns true if the interface is supported, false otherwise.
 func (f *Cloud) Zones() (cloudprovider.Zones, bool) {
-	return f, true
+	return f, !f.DisableZones
 }
 
 // Routes returns a routes interface along with whether the interface is supported.
 func (f *Cloud) Routes() (cloudprovider.Routes, bool) {
-	return f, true
+	return f, !f.DisableRoutes
 }
 
 // GetLoadBalancer is a stub implementation of LoadBalancer.GetLoadBalancer.
diff --git a/test/integration/serving/serving_test.go b/test/integration/serving/serving_test.go
index de9ad11fd7b..95b914b058b 100644
--- a/test/integration/serving/serving_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/serving/serving_test.go
@@ -327,5 +327,7 @@ func intPtr(x int) *int {
 }
 
 func fakeCloudProviderFactory(io.Reader) (cloudprovider.Interface, error) {
-	return &fake.Cloud{}, nil
+	return &fake.Cloud{
+		DisableRoutes: true, // disable routes for server tests, otherwise --cluster-cidr is required
+	}, nil
 }