diff --git a/controllers/gce/controller/controller.go b/controllers/gce/controller/controller.go
index 62ace16d1..0bcea2e81 100644
--- a/controllers/gce/controller/controller.go
+++ b/controllers/gce/controller/controller.go
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ func (lbc *LoadBalancerController) getReadyNodeNames() ([]string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nodeNames, err
 	}
-	for _, n := range nodes.Items {
+	for _, n := range nodes {
 		if n.Spec.Unschedulable {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/controllers/gce/controller/controller_test.go b/controllers/gce/controller/controller_test.go
index 8fa636dcc..051c0c841 100644
--- a/controllers/gce/controller/controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/gce/controller/controller_test.go
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/restclient"
 	client "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/unversioned"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sets"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/uuid"
 )
 
 const testClusterName = "testcluster"
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func toIngressRules(hostRules map[string]utils.FakeIngressRuleValueMap) []extens
 func newIngress(hostRules map[string]utils.FakeIngressRuleValueMap) *extensions.Ingress {
 	return &extensions.Ingress{
 		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      fmt.Sprintf("%v", util.NewUUID()),
+			Name:      fmt.Sprintf("%v", uuid.NewUUID()),
 			Namespace: api.NamespaceNone,
 		},
 		Spec: extensions.IngressSpec{
diff --git a/controllers/gce/controller/utils.go b/controllers/gce/controller/utils.go
index 24dc97137..aff5040be 100644
--- a/controllers/gce/controller/utils.go
+++ b/controllers/gce/controller/utils.go
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ func (t *GCETranslator) toNodePorts(ings *extensions.IngressList) []int64 {
 	return knownPorts
 }
 
-func getZone(n api.Node) string {
+func getZone(n *api.Node) string {
 	zone, ok := n.Labels[zoneKey]
 	if !ok {
 		return defaultZone
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ func (t *GCETranslator) GetZoneForNode(name string) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	for _, n := range nodes.Items {
+	for _, n := range nodes {
 		if n.Name == name {
 			// TODO: Make this more resilient to label changes by listing
 			// cloud nodes and figuring out zone.
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ func (t *GCETranslator) ListZones() ([]string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return zones.List(), err
 	}
-	for _, n := range readyNodes.Items {
+	for _, n := range readyNodes {
 		zones.Insert(getZone(n))
 	}
 	return zones.List(), nil