diff --git a/pkg/asset/installconfig/gcp/client.go b/pkg/asset/installconfig/gcp/client.go
index 937c1632297..61d7cd02b75 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/installconfig/gcp/client.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/installconfig/gcp/client.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 type API interface {
 	GetNetwork(ctx context.Context, network, project string) (*compute.Network, error)
 	GetPublicDomains(ctx context.Context, project string) ([]string, error)
-	GetPublicDNSZone(ctx context.Context, baseDomain, project string) (*dns.ManagedZone, error)
+	GetPublicDNSZone(ctx context.Context, project, baseDomain string) (*dns.ManagedZone, error)
 	GetSubnetworks(ctx context.Context, network, project, region string) ([]*compute.Subnetwork, error)
 	GetProjects(ctx context.Context) (map[string]string, error)
 	GetRecordSets(ctx context.Context, project, zone string) ([]*dns.ResourceRecordSet, error)
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ func (c *Client) GetPublicDNSZone(ctx context.Context, project, baseDomain strin
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(baseDomain, ".") {
+		baseDomain = fmt.Sprintf("%s.", baseDomain)
+	}
 	req := svc.ManagedZones.List(project).DnsName(baseDomain).Context(ctx)
 	var res *dns.ManagedZone
 	if err := req.Pages(ctx, func(page *dns.ManagedZonesListResponse) error {
diff --git a/pkg/asset/installconfig/gcp/dns.go b/pkg/asset/installconfig/gcp/dns.go
index 590c86ab9c3..06f44602931 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/installconfig/gcp/dns.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/installconfig/gcp/dns.go
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ package gcp
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"sort"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -23,10 +21,6 @@ func GetPublicZone(ctx context.Context, project, baseDomain string) (*dns.Manage
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 1*time.Minute)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	if !strings.HasSuffix(baseDomain, ".") {
-		baseDomain = fmt.Sprintf("%s.", baseDomain)
-	}
-
 	dnsZone, err := client.GetPublicDNSZone(ctx, project, baseDomain)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/asset/installconfig/gcp/validation.go b/pkg/asset/installconfig/gcp/validation.go
index 163fb895ab9..f441f14ddcc 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/installconfig/gcp/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/installconfig/gcp/validation.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func ValidatePreExitingPublicDNS(client API, ic *types.InstallConfig) error {
 
 	record := fmt.Sprintf("api.%s.", strings.TrimSuffix(ic.ClusterDomain(), "."))
 
-	zone, err := client.GetPublicDNSZone(context.TODO(), ic.BaseDomain, ic.Platform.GCP.ProjectID)
+	zone, err := client.GetPublicDNSZone(context.TODO(), ic.Platform.GCP.ProjectID, ic.BaseDomain)
 	if err != nil {
 		var gErr *googleapi.Error
 		if errors.As(err, &gErr) {
diff --git a/pkg/asset/installconfig/gcp/validation_test.go b/pkg/asset/installconfig/gcp/validation_test.go
index ecc81e07338..f390d81679c 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/installconfig/gcp/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/installconfig/gcp/validation_test.go
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func TestValidatePreExitingPublicDNS(t *testing.T) {
 			defer mockCtrl.Finish()
 			gcpClient := mock.NewMockAPI(mockCtrl)
 
-			gcpClient.EXPECT().GetPublicDNSZone(gomock.Any(), "base-domain", "project-id").Return(&dns.ManagedZone{Name: "zone-name"}, nil).AnyTimes()
+			gcpClient.EXPECT().GetPublicDNSZone(gomock.Any(), "project-id", "base-domain").Return(&dns.ManagedZone{Name: "zone-name"}, nil).AnyTimes()
 			gcpClient.EXPECT().GetRecordSets(gomock.Any(), gomock.Eq("project-id"), gomock.Eq("zone-name")).Return(test.records, nil).AnyTimes()
 
 			err := ValidatePreExitingPublicDNS(gcpClient, &types.InstallConfig{