diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index 4c1829233da..04c1d07b313 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -3363,7 +3363,7 @@ function check-cluster() {
   get-kubeconfig-basicauth
 
   if [[ ${GCE_UPLOAD_KUBCONFIG_TO_MASTER_METADATA:-} == "true" ]]; then
-    gcloud compute instances add-metadata "${MASTER_NAME}" --zone="${ZONE}"  --metadata-from-file="kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG}" || true
+    gcloud compute instances add-metadata "${MASTER_NAME}" --project="${PROJECT}" --zone="${ZONE}"  --metadata-from-file="kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG}" || true
   fi
 
   echo