diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
index 1252fe7291..9652fd4d65 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce.go
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ func CreateGCECloud(apiEndpoint, projectID, region, zone string, managedZones []
 	// staging API endpoint: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/staging_v1/
 	if apiEndpoint != "" {
 		service.BasePath = fmt.Sprintf("%sprojects/", apiEndpoint)
-		serviceBeta.BasePath = fmt.Sprintf("%sprojects/", strings.Replace(apiEndpoint, "v1", "beta", 0))
-		serviceAlpha.BasePath = fmt.Sprintf("%sprojects/", strings.Replace(apiEndpoint, "v1", "alpha", 0))
+		serviceBeta.BasePath = fmt.Sprintf("%sprojects/", strings.Replace(apiEndpoint, "v1", "beta", -1))
+		serviceAlpha.BasePath = fmt.Sprintf("%sprojects/", strings.Replace(apiEndpoint, "v1", "alpha", -1))
 	}
 
 	containerService, err := container.New(client)