diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/gce/gce_price_model.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/gce/gce_price_model.go
index 68dae383e3d..9ee9f438e34 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/gce/gce_price_model.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/gce/gce_price_model.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (model *GcePriceModel) NodePrice(node *apiv1.Node, startTime time.Time, end
 		// Boot disk price
 		bootDiskSize, _ := strconv.ParseInt(node.Annotations[BootDiskSizeAnnotation], 10, 64)
 		if bootDiskSize == 0 {
-			klog.Error("Boot disk size is not found for node %s, using default size %v", node.Name, DefaultBootDiskSize)
+			klog.Errorf("Boot disk size is not found for node %s, using default size %v", node.Name, DefaultBootDiskSize)
 			bootDiskSize = DefaultBootDiskSize
 		}
 		bootDiskType := node.Annotations[BootDiskTypeAnnotation]
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func (model *GcePriceModel) NodePrice(node *apiv1.Node, startTime time.Time, end
 			bootDiskType = val
 		}
 		if bootDiskType == "" {
-			klog.Error("Boot disk type is not found for node %s, using default type %s", node.Name, DefaultBootDiskType)
+			klog.Errorf("Boot disk type is not found for node %s, using default type %s", node.Name, DefaultBootDiskType)
 			bootDiskType = DefaultBootDiskType
 		}
 		bootDiskPrice := model.PriceInfo.BootDiskPricePerHour()[bootDiskType]
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/gce/templates.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/gce/templates.go
index 46be651db46..9aabf204694 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/gce/templates.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/gce/templates.go
@@ -193,12 +193,13 @@ func (t *GceTemplateBuilder) BuildNodeFromTemplate(mig Mig, template *gce.Instan
 		klog.Errorf("Couldn't extract architecture from kube-env for MIG %q, falling back to %q. Error: %v", mig.Id(), arch, err)
 	}
 
+	addBootDiskAnnotations(&node, template.Properties)
 	var ephemeralStorage int64 = -1
-
 	if !isBootDiskEphemeralStorageWithInstanceTemplateDisabled(kubeEnvValue) {
-		addBootDiskAnnotations(&node, template.Properties)
+		// ephemeral storage is backed up by boot disk
 		ephemeralStorage, err = getBootDiskEphemeralStorageFromInstanceTemplateProperties(template.Properties)
 	} else {
+		// ephemeral storage is backed up by local ssd
 		addAnnotation(&node, EphemeralStorageLocalSsdAnnotation, strconv.FormatBool(true))
 	}
 
@@ -780,7 +781,6 @@ func addBootDiskAnnotations(node *apiv1.Node, instanceProperties *gce.InstancePr
 	if instanceProperties.Disks == nil {
 		return
 	}
-
 	for _, disk := range instanceProperties.Disks {
 		if disk != nil && disk.InitializeParams != nil {
 			if disk.Boot {
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/gce/templates_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/gce/templates_test.go
index 470c0ba6011..7773d57ebc9 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/gce/templates_test.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/gce/templates_test.go
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ func TestBuildNodeFromTemplateSetsResources(t *testing.T) {
 			kubeEnv:                       "AUTOSCALER_ENV_VARS: os_distribution=cos;os=linux;ephemeral_storage_local_ssd_count=2\n",
 			physicalCpu:                   8,
 			physicalMemory:                200 * units.MiB,
+			bootDiskSizeGiB:               300,
 			ephemeralStorageLocalSSDCount: 2,
 			attachedLocalSSDCount:         2,
 			expectedErr:                   false,