diff --git a/providers/cloudflare/cloudflareProvider.go b/providers/cloudflare/cloudflareProvider.go
index ce91a68b8..33fa7cf0e 100644
--- a/providers/cloudflare/cloudflareProvider.go
+++ b/providers/cloudflare/cloudflareProvider.go
@@ -514,6 +514,8 @@ func newCloudflare(m map[string]string, metadata json.RawMessage) (providers.DNS
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("either both cloudflare accountid and accountname must be provided or neither")
 	}
 
+	api.cfClient.AccountID = api.AccountID
+
 	if len(metadata) > 0 {
 		parsedMeta := &struct {
 			IPConversions   string   `json:"ip_conversions"`