diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal_test.go
index 4ca93a6f091..d24148f20fb 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal_test.go
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@ func TestEnsureInternalBackendServiceGroups(t *testing.T) {
 			err = gce.ensureInternalBackendService(bsName, "description", svc.Spec.SessionAffinity, cloud.SchemeInternal, "TCP", igLinks, "")
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
-			// Update the BackendService with new Instances
+			// Update the BackendService with new InstanceGroups
 			if tc.mockModifier != nil {
 				tc.mockModifier(gce.c.(*cloud.MockGCE))
 			}
-			newNodeNames := []string{"new-test-node-1", "new-test-node-2"}
-			err = gce.ensureInternalBackendServiceGroups(bsName, newNodeNames)
+			newIGLinks := []string{"new-test-ig-1", "new-test-ig-2"}
+			err = gce.ensureInternalBackendServiceGroups(bsName, newIGLinks)
 			if tc.mockModifier != nil {
 				assert.Error(t, err)
 				return
@@ -132,10 +132,8 @@ func TestEnsureInternalBackendServiceGroups(t *testing.T) {
 			bs, err := gce.GetRegionBackendService(bsName, gce.region)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-			// Check that the instances are updated
-			newNodes, err := createAndInsertNodes(gce, newNodeNames, vals.ZoneName)
-			newIgLinks, err := gce.ensureInternalInstanceGroups(igName, newNodes)
-			backends := backendsFromGroupLinks(newIgLinks)
+			// Check that the Backends reflect the new InstanceGroups
+			backends := backendsFromGroupLinks(newIGLinks)
 			assert.Equal(t, bs.Backends, backends)
 		})
 	}