diff --git a/controllers/gce/controller/util_test.go b/controllers/gce/controller/util_test.go
index fbc7f0022..a3bbbe120 100644
--- a/controllers/gce/controller/util_test.go
+++ b/controllers/gce/controller/util_test.go
@@ -109,6 +109,29 @@ func TestProbeGetter(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestProbeGetterNamedPort(t *testing.T) {
+	cm := NewFakeClusterManager(DefaultClusterUID)
+	lbc := newLoadBalancerController(t, cm, "")
+	nodePortToHealthCheck := map[int64]string{
+		3001: "/healthz",
+	}
+	addPods(lbc, nodePortToHealthCheck, api.NamespaceDefault)
+	for _, p := range lbc.podLister.Indexer.List() {
+		pod := p.(*api.Pod)
+		pod.Spec.Containers[0].Ports[0].Name = "test"
+		pod.Spec.Containers[0].ReadinessProbe.Handler.HTTPGet.Port = intstr.IntOrString{Type: intstr.String, StrVal: "test"}
+	}
+	for p, exp := range nodePortToHealthCheck {
+		got, err := lbc.tr.HealthCheck(p)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Failed to get health check for node port %v: %v", p, err)
+		} else if got.RequestPath != exp {
+			t.Errorf("Wrong health check for node port %v, got %v expected %v", p, got.RequestPath, exp)
+		}
+	}
+
+}
+
 func TestProbeGetterCrossNamespace(t *testing.T) {
 	cm := NewFakeClusterManager(DefaultClusterUID)
 	lbc := newLoadBalancerController(t, cm, "")
@@ -191,7 +214,7 @@ func addPods(lbc *LoadBalancerController, nodePortToHealthCheck map[int64]string
 			Spec: api.PodSpec{
 				Containers: []api.Container{
 					{
-						Ports: []api.ContainerPort{{ContainerPort: 80}},
+						Ports: []api.ContainerPort{{Name: "test", ContainerPort: 80}},
 						ReadinessProbe: &api.Probe{
 							Handler: api.Handler{
 								HTTPGet: &api.HTTPGetAction{
diff --git a/controllers/gce/controller/utils.go b/controllers/gce/controller/utils.go
index b86e811f0..617ce5fad 100644
--- a/controllers/gce/controller/utils.go
+++ b/controllers/gce/controller/utils.go
@@ -410,14 +410,6 @@ func (t *GCETranslator) ListZones() ([]string, error) {
 	return zones.List(), nil
 }
 
-// isPortEqual compares the given IntOrString ports
-func isPortEqual(port, targetPort intstr.IntOrString) bool {
-	if targetPort.Type == intstr.Int {
-		return port.IntVal == targetPort.IntVal
-	}
-	return port.StrVal == targetPort.StrVal
-}
-
 // geHTTPProbe returns the http readiness probe from the first container
 // that matches targetPort, from the set of pods matching the given labels.
 func (t *GCETranslator) getHTTPProbe(svc api.Service, targetPort intstr.IntOrString) (*api.Probe, error) {
@@ -443,11 +435,21 @@ func (t *GCETranslator) getHTTPProbe(svc api.Service, targetPort intstr.IntOrStr
 				continue
 			}
 			for _, p := range c.Ports {
-				cPort := intstr.IntOrString{IntVal: p.ContainerPort, StrVal: p.Name}
-				if isPortEqual(cPort, targetPort) {
-					if isPortEqual(c.ReadinessProbe.Handler.HTTPGet.Port, targetPort) {
-						return c.ReadinessProbe, nil
+				if targetPort.Type == intstr.Int && targetPort.IntVal == p.ContainerPort ||
+					targetPort.Type == intstr.String && targetPort.StrVal == p.Name {
+
+					readinessProbePort := c.ReadinessProbe.Handler.HTTPGet.Port
+					switch readinessProbePort.Type {
+					case intstr.Int:
+						if readinessProbePort.IntVal == p.ContainerPort {
+							return c.ReadinessProbe, nil
+						}
+					case intstr.String:
+						if readinessProbePort.StrVal == p.Name {
+							return c.ReadinessProbe, nil
+						}
 					}
+
 					glog.Infof("%v: found matching targetPort on container %v, but not on readinessProbe (%+v)",
 						logStr, c.Name, c.ReadinessProbe.Handler.HTTPGet.Port)
 				}