diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/main.go b/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
index 4e1baf592d06..a7360a527132 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ func main() {
 		lock, err := resourcelock.New(
 			leaderElection.ResourceLock,
 			*namespace,
-			"cluster-autoscaler",
+			leaderElection.ResourceName,
 			kubeClient.CoreV1(),
 			kubeClient.CoordinationV1(),
 			resourcelock.ResourceLockConfig{
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ func defaultLeaderElectionConfiguration() componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConf
 		RenewDeadline: metav1.Duration{Duration: defaultRenewDeadline},
 		RetryPeriod:   metav1.Duration{Duration: defaultRetryPeriod},
 		ResourceLock:  resourcelock.LeasesResourceLock,
+		ResourceName:  "cluster-autoscaler",
 	}
 }