diff --git a/perfmetrics/scripts/testing_on_gke/examples/run-gke-tests.sh b/perfmetrics/scripts/testing_on_gke/examples/run-gke-tests.sh
index 9317ea933c..0fe2985f7d 100755
--- a/perfmetrics/scripts/testing_on_gke/examples/run-gke-tests.sh
+++ b/perfmetrics/scripts/testing_on_gke/examples/run-gke-tests.sh
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ function ensureGkeCluster() {
     fi
     gcloud container clusters update ${cluster_name} --project=${project_id} --location=${zone} --workload-pool=${project_id}.svc.id.goog
   else
-    gcloud container --project "${project_id}" clusters create ${cluster_name} --project=${project_id} --zone "${zone}" --workload-pool=${project_id}.svc.id.goog --machine-type "${machine_type}" --image-type "COS_CONTAINERD" --num-nodes ${num_nodes} --ephemeral-storage-local-ssd count=${num_ssd}
+    gcloud container clusters create ${cluster_name} --project=${project_id} --zone "${zone}" --workload-pool=${project_id}.svc.id.goog --machine-type "${machine_type}" --image-type "COS_CONTAINERD" --num-nodes ${num_nodes} --ephemeral-storage-local-ssd count=${num_ssd}
   fi
 }