diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
index ba7bc37676..d9e5775bb2 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ spec:
         effect: "NoSchedule"
       - operator: "Exists"
         effect: "NoExecute"
+      #TODO: remove this toleration once #44445 is properly fixed.
+      - operator: "Exists"
+        effect: "NoSchedule"
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
       volumes:
       - name: varlog