diff --git a/cmd/controller/main.go b/cmd/controller/main.go
index a7bc063901e1..dbdc0aaf83e8 100644
--- a/cmd/controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/controller/main.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func main() {
 		allocation.NewController(manager.GetClient(), clientSet.CoreV1(), cloudProvider),
 		termination.NewController(ctx, manager.GetClient(), clientSet.CoreV1(), cloudProvider),
 		node.NewController(manager.GetClient()),
-		&nodemetrics.Controller{KubeClient: manager.GetClient()},
+		nodemetrics.NewController(manager.GetClient()),
 	).Start(ctx); err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unable to start manager, %s", err.Error()))
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/metrics/node/controller.go b/pkg/controllers/metrics/node/controller.go
index 7571740bb479..a72b0da68941 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/metrics/node/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/metrics/node/controller.go
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ type Controller struct {
 	KubeClient client.Client
 }
 
+func NewController(kubeClient client.Client) *Controller {
+	return &Controller{KubeClient: kubeClient}
+}
+
 func (c *Controller) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req reconcile.Request) (reconcile.Result, error) {
 	ctx = logging.WithLogger(ctx, logging.FromContext(ctx).Named("NodeMetrics"))