diff --git a/controllers/gce/controller/utils.go b/controllers/gce/controller/utils.go
index 68f158429..9eb52a3ad 100644
--- a/controllers/gce/controller/utils.go
+++ b/controllers/gce/controller/utils.go
@@ -425,6 +425,10 @@ func (t *GCETranslator) HealthCheck(port int64) (*compute.HttpHealthCheck, error
 					break
 				}
 				healthPath := rp.Handler.HTTPGet.Path
+				// GCE requires a leading "/" for health check urls.
+				if string(healthPath[0]) != "/" {
+					healthPath = fmt.Sprintf("/%v", healthPath)
+				}
 				host := rp.Handler.HTTPGet.Host
 				glog.Infof("Found custom health check for Service %v nodeport %v: %v%v", s.Name, port, host, healthPath)
 				return &compute.HttpHealthCheck{
diff --git a/controllers/gce/healthchecks/fakes.go b/controllers/gce/healthchecks/fakes.go
index 83083b048..10a8c8791 100644
--- a/controllers/gce/healthchecks/fakes.go
+++ b/controllers/gce/healthchecks/fakes.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (f *FakeHealthChecks) UpdateHttpHealthCheck(hc *compute.HttpHealthCheck) er
 	healthChecks := []*compute.HttpHealthCheck{}
 	found := false
 	for _, h := range f.hc {
-		if h.Name == name {
+		if h.Name == hc.Name {
 			healthChecks = append(healthChecks, hc)
 			found = true
 		} else {