diff --git a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
index 0db38f92a77..fe72c386124 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     MASTER_SIZE="n1-standard-4"
     NODE_SIZE="n1-standard-8"
     KUBE_GCE_INSTANCE_PREFIX="kubemark500"
-    E2E_ZONE="asia-east1-a"
+    E2E_ZONE="us-east1-b"
     KUBEMARK_MASTER_SIZE="n1-standard-16"
     KUBEMARK_NUM_NODES="500"
     ;;
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     #                                     so NUM_NODES x cores_per_node should
     #                                     be set accordingly.
     KUBE_GCE_INSTANCE_PREFIX="kubemark1000"
-    E2E_ZONE="asia-east1-a"
+    E2E_ZONE="us-east1-b"
     KUBEMARK_MASTER_SIZE="n1-standard-16"
     KUBEMARK_NUM_NODES="1000"
     ;;