diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/flexvolume_node_setup.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/flexvolume_node_setup.sh
index 7c5bb355c90..296118f7e45 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/flexvolume_node_setup.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/flexvolume_node_setup.sh
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ umount_silent() {
 # Waits for kubelet to restart for 1 minute.
 kubelet_wait() {
   timeout=60
-  kubelet_readonly_port=10255
+  healthz_port=10248
   until [[ $timeout -eq 0 ]]; do
     printf "."
-    if [[ $( curl -s http://localhost:${kubelet_readonly_port}/healthz ) == "ok" ]]; then
+    if [[ $( curl -s http://localhost:${healthz_port}/healthz ) == "ok" ]]; then
       return 0
     fi
     sleep 1