diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/gcp/volume_snapshotter.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/gcp/volume_snapshotter.go
index d9fe8dc3c..0cb9cf5e6 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/gcp/volume_snapshotter.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/gcp/volume_snapshotter.go
@@ -44,10 +44,11 @@ const (
 )
 
 type VolumeSnapshotter struct {
-	gce              *compute.Service
-	project          string
 	log              logrus.FieldLogger
+	gce              *compute.Service
 	snapshotLocation string
+	volumeProject    string
+	snapshotProject  string
 }
 
 func NewVolumeSnapshotter(logger logrus.FieldLogger) *VolumeSnapshotter {
@@ -61,16 +62,17 @@ func (b *VolumeSnapshotter) Init(config map[string]string) error {
 
 	b.snapshotLocation = config[snapshotLocationKey]
 
-	// take 'project' from config if specified, otherwise get it
-	// from the credentials file
-	if val := config[projectKey]; val != "" {
-		b.project = val
-	} else {
-		project, err := extractProjectFromCreds()
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		b.project = project
+	project, err := extractProjectFromCreds()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	b.volumeProject = project
+
+	// get snapshot project from 'project' config key if specified,
+	// otherwise from the credentials file
+	b.snapshotProject = config[projectKey]
+	if b.snapshotProject == "" {
+		b.snapshotProject = b.volumeProject
 	}
 
 	client, err := google.DefaultClient(oauth2.NoContext, compute.ComputeScope)
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ func (b *VolumeSnapshotter) getZoneURLs(volumeAZ string) ([]string, error) {
 	zones := strings.Split(volumeAZ, zoneSeparator)
 	var zoneURLs []string
 	for _, z := range zones {
-		zone, err := b.gce.Zones.Get(b.project, z).Do()
+		zone, err := b.gce.Zones.Get(b.volumeProject, z).Do()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
 		}
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ func (b *VolumeSnapshotter) getZoneURLs(volumeAZ string) ([]string, error) {
 
 func (b *VolumeSnapshotter) CreateVolumeFromSnapshot(snapshotID, volumeType, volumeAZ string, iops *int64) (volumeID string, err error) {
 	// get the snapshot so we can apply its tags to the volume
-	res, err := b.gce.Snapshots.Get(b.project, snapshotID).Do()
+	res, err := b.gce.Snapshots.Get(b.snapshotProject, snapshotID).Do()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
@@ -189,11 +191,11 @@ func (b *VolumeSnapshotter) CreateVolumeFromSnapshot(snapshotID, volumeType, vol
 
 		disk.ReplicaZones = zoneURLs
 
-		if _, err = b.gce.RegionDisks.Insert(b.project, volumeRegion, disk).Do(); err != nil {
+		if _, err = b.gce.RegionDisks.Insert(b.volumeProject, volumeRegion, disk).Do(); err != nil {
 			return "", errors.WithStack(err)
 		}
 	} else {
-		if _, err = b.gce.Disks.Insert(b.project, volumeAZ, disk).Do(); err != nil {
+		if _, err = b.gce.Disks.Insert(b.volumeProject, volumeAZ, disk).Do(); err != nil {
 			return "", errors.WithStack(err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -212,12 +214,12 @@ func (b *VolumeSnapshotter) GetVolumeInfo(volumeID, volumeAZ string) (string, *i
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", nil, errors.WithStack(err)
 		}
-		res, err = b.gce.RegionDisks.Get(b.project, volumeRegion, volumeID).Do()
+		res, err = b.gce.RegionDisks.Get(b.volumeProject, volumeRegion, volumeID).Do()
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", nil, errors.WithStack(err)
 		}
 	} else {
-		res, err = b.gce.Disks.Get(b.project, volumeAZ, volumeID).Do()
+		res, err = b.gce.Disks.Get(b.volumeProject, volumeAZ, volumeID).Do()
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", nil, errors.WithStack(err)
 		}
@@ -249,7 +251,7 @@ func (b *VolumeSnapshotter) CreateSnapshot(volumeID, volumeAZ string, tags map[s
 }
 
 func (b *VolumeSnapshotter) createSnapshot(snapshotName, volumeID, volumeAZ string, tags map[string]string) (string, error) {
-	disk, err := b.gce.Disks.Get(b.project, volumeAZ, volumeID).Do()
+	disk, err := b.gce.Disks.Get(b.volumeProject, volumeAZ, volumeID).Do()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
@@ -263,7 +265,7 @@ func (b *VolumeSnapshotter) createSnapshot(snapshotName, volumeID, volumeAZ stri
 		gceSnap.StorageLocations = []string{b.snapshotLocation}
 	}
 
-	_, err = b.gce.Disks.CreateSnapshot(b.project, volumeAZ, volumeID, &gceSnap).Do()
+	_, err = b.gce.Disks.CreateSnapshot(b.snapshotProject, volumeAZ, volumeID, &gceSnap).Do()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
@@ -272,7 +274,7 @@ func (b *VolumeSnapshotter) createSnapshot(snapshotName, volumeID, volumeAZ stri
 }
 
 func (b *VolumeSnapshotter) createRegionSnapshot(snapshotName, volumeID, volumeRegion string, tags map[string]string) (string, error) {
-	disk, err := b.gce.RegionDisks.Get(b.project, volumeRegion, volumeID).Do()
+	disk, err := b.gce.RegionDisks.Get(b.volumeProject, volumeRegion, volumeID).Do()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
@@ -286,7 +288,7 @@ func (b *VolumeSnapshotter) createRegionSnapshot(snapshotName, volumeID, volumeR
 		gceSnap.StorageLocations = []string{b.snapshotLocation}
 	}
 
-	_, err = b.gce.RegionDisks.CreateSnapshot(b.project, volumeRegion, volumeID, &gceSnap).Do()
+	_, err = b.gce.RegionDisks.CreateSnapshot(b.snapshotProject, volumeRegion, volumeID, &gceSnap).Do()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
@@ -329,7 +331,7 @@ func getSnapshotTags(veleroTags map[string]string, diskDescription string, log l
 }
 
 func (b *VolumeSnapshotter) DeleteSnapshot(snapshotID string) error {
-	_, err := b.gce.Snapshots.Delete(b.project, snapshotID).Do()
+	_, err := b.gce.Snapshots.Delete(b.snapshotProject, snapshotID).Do()
 
 	// if it's a 404 (not found) error, we don't need to return an error
 	// since the snapshot is not there.