diff --git a/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go b/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
index c93da56dad5..d4675c9f478 100644
--- a/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
+++ b/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func Run(s *options.CloudControllerManagerServer) error {
 		"cloud-controller-manager",
 		leaderElectionClient.CoreV1(),
 		resourcelock.ResourceLockConfig{
-			Identity:      id + "-external-cloud-controller",
+			Identity:      id,
 			EventRecorder: recorder,
 		})
 	if err != nil {