diff --git a/tests/integration/create_cluster/ha_openstack/expected-v1alpha2.yaml b/tests/integration/create_cluster/ha_openstack/expected-v1alpha2.yaml
index e3540b18ba..fdef2d2274 100644
--- a/tests/integration/create_cluster/ha_openstack/expected-v1alpha2.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/create_cluster/ha_openstack/expected-v1alpha2.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ metadata:
   creationTimestamp: "2017-01-01T00:00:00Z"
   name: minimal.k8s.local
 spec:
+  api:
+    loadBalancer:
+      type: Public
   authorization:
     rbac: {}
   channel: stable
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/new_cluster.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/new_cluster.go
index 12b7259c2a..78227a3f52 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/new_cluster.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/new_cluster.go
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ func NewCluster(opt *NewClusterOptions, clientset simple.Clientset) (*NewCluster
 				MaxRetries: fi.PtrTo(3),
 			},
 		}
+		initializeOpenstackAPI(opt, cluster)
 		osCloud, err := openstack.NewOpenstackCloud(cluster, "openstackmodel")
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -1324,9 +1325,7 @@ func setupTopology(opt *NewClusterOptions, cluster *api.Cluster, allZones sets.S
 func setupAPI(opt *NewClusterOptions, cluster *api.Cluster) error {
 	// Populate the API access, so that it can be discoverable
 	klog.Infof("Cloud Provider ID: %q", cluster.Spec.GetCloudProvider())
-	if cluster.Spec.GetCloudProvider() == api.CloudProviderOpenstack {
-		initializeOpenstackAPI(opt, cluster)
-	} else if cluster.Spec.GetCloudProvider() == api.CloudProviderAzure {
+	if cluster.Spec.GetCloudProvider() == api.CloudProviderAzure {
 		// Do nothing to disable the use of loadbalancer for the k8s API server.
 		// TODO(kenji): Remove this condition once we support the loadbalancer
 		// in pkg/model/azuremodel/api_loadbalancer.go.