diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/cloud.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/cloud.go
index c6a91394aae..de83e9bd1b6 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/cloud.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/cloud.go
@@ -152,7 +152,10 @@ type Routes interface {
 	DeleteRoute(clusterName string, route *Route) error
 }
 
-var InstanceNotFound = errors.New("instance not found")
+var (
+	InstanceNotFound = errors.New("instance not found")
+	DiskNotFound     = errors.New("disk is not found")
+)
 
 // Zone represents the location of a particular machine.
 type Zone struct {
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
index d8d31c2c0a5..8c8825c9a3b 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
@@ -2511,6 +2511,10 @@ func (gce *GCECloud) DeleteDisk(diskToDelete string) error {
 	if isGCEError(err, "resourceInUseByAnotherResource") {
 		return volume.NewDeletedVolumeInUseError(err.Error())
 	}
+
+	if err == cloudprovider.DiskNotFound {
+		return nil
+	}
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -2712,6 +2716,7 @@ func (gce *GCECloud) getDiskByName(diskName string, zone string) (*gceDisk, erro
 
 // Scans all managed zones to return the GCE PD
 // Prefer getDiskByName, if the zone can be established
+// Return cloudprovider.DiskNotFound if the given disk cannot be found in any zone
 func (gce *GCECloud) getDiskByNameUnknownZone(diskName string) (*gceDisk, error) {
 	// Note: this is the gotcha right now with GCE PD support:
 	// disk names are not unique per-region.
@@ -2742,7 +2747,8 @@ func (gce *GCECloud) getDiskByNameUnknownZone(diskName string) (*gceDisk, error)
 	if found != nil {
 		return found, nil
 	}
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("GCE persistent disk %q not found in managed zones (%s)", diskName, strings.Join(gce.managedZones, ","))
+	glog.Warningf("GCE persistent disk %q not found in managed zones (%s)", diskName, strings.Join(gce.managedZones, ","))
+	return nil, cloudprovider.DiskNotFound
 }
 
 // GetGCERegion returns region of the gce zone. Zone names
diff --git a/test/e2e/pd.go b/test/e2e/pd.go
index dfabb8393a7..e92e367fa32 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pd.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pd.go
@@ -524,6 +524,13 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Pod Disks", func() {
 		By("Waiting for pd to detach from host0")
 		framework.ExpectNoError(waitForPDDetach(diskName, host0Name), "Timed out waiting for detach pd")
 	})
+
+	It("should be able to delete a non-existent PD without error", func() {
+		framework.SkipUnlessProviderIs("gce")
+
+		By("delete a PD")
+		framework.DeletePDWithRetry("non-exist")
+	})
 })
 
 func verifyPDContentsViaContainer(f *framework.Framework, podName, containerName string, fileAndContentToVerify map[string]string) {