diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
index bf430e51bd..587f92758d 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
@@ -2484,7 +2484,12 @@ func (gce *GCECloud) CreateDisk(name string, diskType string, zone string, sizeG
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return gce.waitForZoneOp(createOp, zone)
+	err = gce.waitForZoneOp(createOp, zone)
+	if isGCEError(err, "alreadyExists") {
+		glog.Warningf("GCE PD %q already exists, reusing", name)
+		return nil
+	}
+	return err
 }
 
 func (gce *GCECloud) doDeleteDisk(diskToDelete string) error {