diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-kubeapiserver.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-kubeapiserver.sh
index 7b4e10631e8..cfb8ec6f663 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-kubeapiserver.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-kubeapiserver.sh
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ function start-kube-apiserver {
     if [[ -n "${OLD_LOAD_BALANCER_IP:-}" ]]; then
       old_ips+=",${OLD_LOAD_BALANCER_IP}"
     fi
+    if [[ -n "${OLD_PRIVATE_VIP:-}" ]]; then
+      old_ips+=",${OLD_PRIVATE_VIP}"
+    fi
     params+=" --tls-sni-cert-key=${OLD_MASTER_CERT_PATH},${OLD_MASTER_KEY_PATH}:${old_ips}"
   fi
   params+=" --kubelet-preferred-address-types=InternalIP,ExternalIP,Hostname"