diff --git a/pkg/controller/nodeipam/ipam/cloud_cidr_allocator.go b/pkg/controller/nodeipam/ipam/cloud_cidr_allocator.go
index 8d6ef878da..6f4e4cfcc7 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/nodeipam/ipam/cloud_cidr_allocator.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/nodeipam/ipam/cloud_cidr_allocator.go
@@ -191,10 +191,14 @@ func (ca *cloudCIDRAllocator) AllocateOrOccupyCIDR(node *v1.Node) error {
 
 // updateCIDRAllocation assigns CIDR to Node and sends an update to the API server.
 func (ca *cloudCIDRAllocator) updateCIDRAllocation(nodeName string) error {
-	var err error
-	var node *v1.Node
 	defer ca.removeNodeFromProcessing(nodeName)
 
+	node, err := ca.nodeLister.Get(nodeName)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Failed while getting node %v for updating Node.Spec.PodCIDR: %v", nodeName, err)
+		return err
+	}
+
 	cidrs, err := ca.cloud.AliasRanges(types.NodeName(nodeName))
 	if err != nil {
 		nodeutil.RecordNodeStatusChange(ca.recorder, node, "CIDRNotAvailable")
@@ -210,12 +214,6 @@ func (ca *cloudCIDRAllocator) updateCIDRAllocation(nodeName string) error {
 	}
 	podCIDR := cidr.String()
 
-	node, err = ca.nodeLister.Get(nodeName)
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Errorf("Failed while getting node %v for updating Node.Spec.PodCIDR: %v", nodeName, err)
-		return err
-	}
-
 	if node.Spec.PodCIDR == podCIDR {
 		glog.V(4).Infof("Node %v already has allocated CIDR %v. It matches the proposed one.", node.Name, podCIDR)
 		// We don't return here, in order to set the NetworkUnavailable condition later below.