diff --git a/test/e2e/upgrades/ingress.go b/test/e2e/upgrades/ingress.go
index e1e95b3438..e243e4336f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/upgrades/ingress.go
+++ b/test/e2e/upgrades/ingress.go
@@ -176,6 +176,15 @@ func (t *IngressUpgradeTest) verify(f *framework.Framework, done <-chan struct{}
 	By("comparing GCP resources post-upgrade")
 	postUpgradeResourceStore := &GCPResourceStore{}
 	t.populateGCPResourceStore(postUpgradeResourceStore)
+
+	// Ignore certain fields in compute.Firewall that we know will change
+	// due to the upgrade/downgrade.
+	// TODO(rramkumar): Remove this once glbc 0.9.8 is released.
+	t.resourceStore.Fw.Allowed = nil
+	t.resourceStore.Fw.SourceRanges = nil
+	postUpgradeResourceStore.Fw.Allowed = nil
+	postUpgradeResourceStore.Fw.SourceRanges = nil
+
 	framework.ExpectNoError(compareGCPResourceStores(t.resourceStore, postUpgradeResourceStore, func(v1 reflect.Value, v2 reflect.Value) error {
 		i1 := v1.Interface()
 		i2 := v2.Interface()