diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index abc241e1add..479fdead346 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -1527,6 +1527,7 @@ function start-kube-apiserver {
   params+=" --secure-port=443"
   params+=" --tls-cert-file=${APISERVER_SERVER_CERT_PATH}"
   params+=" --tls-private-key-file=${APISERVER_SERVER_KEY_PATH}"
+  params+=" --kubelet-preferred-address-types=InternalIP,ExternalIP,Hostname"
   if [[ -s "${REQUESTHEADER_CA_CERT_PATH:-}" ]]; then
     params+=" --requestheader-client-ca-file=${REQUESTHEADER_CA_CERT_PATH}"
     params+=" --requestheader-allowed-names=aggregator"
@@ -1686,8 +1687,6 @@ function start-kube-apiserver {
       params+=" --advertise-address=${vm_external_ip}"
       params+=" --ssh-user=${PROXY_SSH_USER}"
       params+=" --ssh-keyfile=/etc/srv/sshproxy/.sshkeyfile"
-    else
-      params+=" --kubelet-preferred-address-types=InternalIP,ExternalIP,Hostname",
     fi
   elif [ -n "${MASTER_ADVERTISE_ADDRESS:-}" ]; then
     params="${params} --advertise-address=${MASTER_ADVERTISE_ADDRESS}"