diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
index 2dbdadb47ec..29f9a10d772 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ metadata:
     version: v3.0.0
 spec:
   updateStrategy:
+    rollingUpdate:
+      maxUnavailable: 5000
     type: RollingUpdate
   template:
     metadata: