diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 867fc1c86e0..33da8531675 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ NODE_LOCAL_SSDS_EXT=${NODE_LOCAL_SSDS_EXT:-}
 NODE_ACCELERATORS=${NODE_ACCELERATORS:-""}
 REGISTER_MASTER_KUBELET=${REGISTER_MASTER:-true}
 PREEMPTIBLE_NODE=${PREEMPTIBLE_NODE:-false}
-if [[ "${PREEMPTIBLE_NODE}" == "true" ]]; then
-    NODE_LABELS="${NODE_LABELS},cloud.google.com/gke-preemptible=true"
-fi
 PREEMPTIBLE_MASTER=${PREEMPTIBLE_MASTER:-false}
 KUBE_DELETE_NODES=${KUBE_DELETE_NODES:-true}
 KUBE_DELETE_NETWORK=${KUBE_DELETE_NETWORK:-} # default value calculated below
@@ -177,6 +174,12 @@ HEAPSTER_MACHINE_TYPE="${HEAPSTER_MACHINE_TYPE:-}"
 # NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS are labels will only be applied on non-master nodes.
 NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS="${KUBE_NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS:-}"
 
+if [[ "${PREEMPTIBLE_MASTER}" == "true" ]]; then
+    NODE_LABELS="${NODE_LABELS},cloud.google.com/gke-preemptible=true"
+elif [[ "${PREEMPTIBLE_NODE}" == "true" ]]; then
+    NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS="${NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS},cloud.google.com/gke-preemptible=true"
+fi
+
 # To avoid running Calico on a node that is not configured appropriately,
 # label each Node so that the DaemonSet can run the Pods only on ready Nodes.
 if [[ ${NETWORK_POLICY_PROVIDER:-} == "calico" ]]; then
@@ -253,7 +256,7 @@ FEATURE_GATES="${KUBE_FEATURE_GATES:-ExperimentalCriticalPodAnnotation=true}"
 if [[ ! -z "${NODE_ACCELERATORS}" ]]; then
     FEATURE_GATES="${FEATURE_GATES},DevicePlugins=true"
     if [[ "${NODE_ACCELERATORS}" =~ .*type=([a-zA-Z0-9-]+).* ]]; then
-        NODE_LABELS="${NODE_LABELS},cloud.google.com/gke-accelerator=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+        NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS="${NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS},cloud.google.com/gke-accelerator=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
     fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index 4766afa5701..b544967bf0b 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ REGISTER_MASTER_KUBELET=${REGISTER_MASTER:-true}
 KUBE_APISERVER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT=300
 PREEMPTIBLE_NODE=${PREEMPTIBLE_NODE:-false}
 PREEMPTIBLE_MASTER=${PREEMPTIBLE_MASTER:-false}
-if [[ "${PREEMPTIBLE_NODE}" == "true" ]]; then
-    NODE_LABELS="${NODE_LABELS},cloud.google.com/gke-preemptible=true"
-fi
 KUBE_DELETE_NODES=${KUBE_DELETE_NODES:-true}
 KUBE_DELETE_NETWORK=${KUBE_DELETE_NETWORK:-true}
 CREATE_CUSTOM_NETWORK=${CREATE_CUSTOM_NETWORK:-false}
@@ -215,6 +212,12 @@ KUBEPROXY_TEST_ARGS="${KUBEPROXY_TEST_ARGS:-} ${TEST_CLUSTER_API_CONTENT_TYPE}"
 # NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS are labels will only be applied on non-master nodes.
 NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS="${KUBE_NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS:-}"
 
+if [[ "${PREEMPTIBLE_MASTER}" == "true" ]]; then
+    NODE_LABELS="${NODE_LABELS},cloud.google.com/gke-preemptible=true"
+elif [[ "${PREEMPTIBLE_NODE}" == "true" ]]; then
+    NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS="${NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS},cloud.google.com/gke-preemptible=true"
+fi
+
 # Optional: Enable netd.
 ENABLE_NETD="${KUBE_ENABLE_NETD:-false}"
 CUSTOM_NETD_YAML="${KUBE_CUSTOM_NETD_YAML:-}"
@@ -260,7 +263,7 @@ fi
 if [[ ! -z "${NODE_ACCELERATORS}" ]]; then
     FEATURE_GATES="${FEATURE_GATES},DevicePlugins=true"
     if [[ "${NODE_ACCELERATORS}" =~ .*type=([a-zA-Z0-9-]+).* ]]; then
-        NODE_LABELS="${NODE_LABELS},cloud.google.com/gke-accelerator=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+        NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS="${NON_MASTER_NODE_LABELS},cloud.google.com/gke-accelerator=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
     fi
 fi