diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/well_known_labels.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/well_known_labels.go
index 1b6529bc249..c623340d938 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/well_known_labels.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/well_known_labels.go
@@ -58,4 +58,11 @@ const (
 	// controllers and kube-proxy to check if the Endpoint objects should be replicated when
 	// using Headless Services
 	IsHeadlessService = "service.kubernetes.io/headless"
+
+	// LabelNodeExcludeBalancers specifies that the node should not be considered as a target
+	// for external load-balancers which use nodes as a second hop (e.g. many cloud LBs which only
+	// understand nodes). For services that use externalTrafficPolicy=Local, this may mean that
+	// any backends on excluded nodes are not reachable by those external load-balancers.
+	// Implementations of this exclusion may vary based on provider.
+	LabelNodeExcludeBalancers = "node.kubernetes.io/exclude-from-external-load-balancers"
 )
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/service/controller.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/service/controller.go
index f49a5c23b90..8ecbaf7bc80 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/service/controller.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/service/controller.go
@@ -55,13 +55,6 @@ const (
 	// should be changed appropriately.
 	minRetryDelay = 5 * time.Second
 	maxRetryDelay = 300 * time.Second
-
-	// labelNodeRoleExcludeBalancer specifies that the node should not be considered as a target
-	// for external load-balancers which use nodes as a second hop (e.g. many cloud LBs which only
-	// understand nodes). For services that use externalTrafficPolicy=Local, this may mean that
-	// any backends on excluded nodes are not reachable by those external load-balancers.
-	// Implementations of this exclusion may vary based on provider.
-	labelNodeRoleExcludeBalancer = "node.kubernetes.io/exclude-from-external-load-balancers"
 )
 
 type cachedService struct {
@@ -615,7 +608,7 @@ func nodeSlicesEqualForLB(x, y []*v1.Node) bool {
 
 func (s *Controller) getNodeConditionPredicate() NodeConditionPredicate {
 	return func(node *v1.Node) bool {
-		if _, hasExcludeBalancerLabel := node.Labels[labelNodeRoleExcludeBalancer]; hasExcludeBalancerLabel {
+		if _, hasExcludeBalancerLabel := node.Labels[v1.LabelNodeExcludeBalancers]; hasExcludeBalancerLabel {
 			return false
 		}
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/service/controller_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/service/controller_test.go
index 1b308000a81..df2b1e09076 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/service/controller_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/service/controller_test.go
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ func Test_getNodeConditionPredicate(t *testing.T) {
 		{want: true, input: &v1.Node{Spec: v1.NodeSpec{Unschedulable: true}, Status: v1.NodeStatus{Conditions: []v1.NodeCondition{{Type: v1.NodeReady, Status: v1.ConditionTrue}}}}},
 
 		{want: true, input: &v1.Node{Status: validNodeStatus, ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Labels: map[string]string{}}}},
-		{want: false, input: &v1.Node{Status: validNodeStatus, ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Labels: map[string]string{labelNodeRoleExcludeBalancer: ""}}}},
+		{want: false, input: &v1.Node{Status: validNodeStatus, ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Labels: map[string]string{v1.LabelNodeExcludeBalancers: ""}}}},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ func Test_shouldSyncNode(t *testing.T) {
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name: "node",
 					Labels: map[string]string{
-						labelNodeRoleExcludeBalancer: "",
+						v1.LabelNodeExcludeBalancers: "",
 					},
 				},
 			},