diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 9f9d4ac9c47..4e8a363ef01 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Metricbeat no longer needs to be started strictly after Logstash for `logstash-xpack` module to report correct data. {issue}17261[17261] {pull}17497[17497]
 - Add privileged option so as mb to access data dir in Openshift. {pull}17606[17606]
 - Fix "ID" event generator of Google Cloud module {issue}17160[17160] {pull}17608[17608]
+- Fix storage metricset to allow config without region/zone. {issue}17623[17623] {pull}17624[17624]
 
 *Packetbeat*
 
diff --git a/x-pack/metricbeat/module/googlecloud/stackdriver/metricset.go b/x-pack/metricbeat/module/googlecloud/stackdriver/metricset.go
index ee797482000..69ac38ca101 100644
--- a/x-pack/metricbeat/module/googlecloud/stackdriver/metricset.go
+++ b/x-pack/metricbeat/module/googlecloud/stackdriver/metricset.go
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ func validatePeriodForGCP(d time.Duration) (err error) {
 }
 
 func (c *config) Validate() error {
+	// storage metricset does not require region or zone config parameter.
+	if c.ServiceName == "storage" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	if c.Region == "" && c.Zone == "" {
 		return errors.New("region and zone in Google Cloud config file cannot both be empty")
 	}