diff --git a/pkg/cloud/cloud.go b/pkg/cloud/cloud.go
index a0615593b4..48607e5109 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/cloud.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud/cloud.go
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ func newEC2Cloud(region string, awsSdkDebugLog bool, userAgentExtra string, batc
 	svc := ec2.NewFromConfig(cfg, func(o *ec2.Options) {
 		o.APIOptions = append(o.APIOptions,
 			RecordRequestsMiddleware(),
-			RecordThrottledRequestsMiddleware(),
 		)
 
 		o.RetryMaxAttempts = retryMaxAttempt //  Retry EC2 API calls at sdk level until request contexts are cancelled
diff --git a/pkg/cloud/handlers.go b/pkg/cloud/handlers.go
index dc5b0648cd..dd45ddfcb5 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud/handlers.go
@@ -37,35 +37,26 @@ func RecordRequestsMiddleware() func(*middleware.Stack) error {
 			start := time.Now()
 			output, metadata, err = next.HandleFinalize(ctx, input)
 			labels := createLabels(ctx)
-			if err != nil {
-				metrics.Recorder().IncreaseCount("cloudprovider_aws_api_request_errors", labels)
-			} else {
-				duration := time.Since(start).Seconds()
-				metrics.Recorder().ObserveHistogram("cloudprovider_aws_api_request_duration_seconds", duration, labels, nil)
-			}
-			return output, metadata, err
-		}), middleware.Before)
-	}
-}
-
-// RecordThrottledRequestsHandler is added to the AfterRetry chain; called after any error
-func RecordThrottledRequestsMiddleware() func(*middleware.Stack) error {
-	return func(stack *middleware.Stack) error {
-		return stack.Finalize.Add(middleware.FinalizeMiddlewareFunc("RecordThrottledRequestsMiddleware", func(ctx context.Context, input middleware.FinalizeInput, next middleware.FinalizeHandler) (output middleware.FinalizeOutput, metadata middleware.Metadata, err error) {
-			output, metadata, err = next.HandleFinalize(ctx, input)
 			if err != nil {
 				var apiErr smithy.APIError
-				if errors.As(err, &apiErr) && apiErr.ErrorCode() == requestLimitExceededErrorCode {
-					operationName := awsmiddleware.GetOperationName(ctx)
-					labels := map[string]string{
-						"operation_name": operationName,
+				if errors.As(err, &apiErr) {
+					if apiErr.ErrorCode() == requestLimitExceededErrorCode {
+						operationName := awsmiddleware.GetOperationName(ctx)
+						labels = map[string]string{
+							"operation_name": operationName,
+						}
+						metrics.Recorder().IncreaseCount("cloudprovider_aws_api_throttled_requests_total", labels)
+						klog.InfoS("Got RequestLimitExceeded error on AWS request", "request", operationName)
+					} else {
+						metrics.Recorder().IncreaseCount("cloudprovider_aws_api_request_errors", labels)
 					}
-					metrics.Recorder().IncreaseCount("cloudprovider_aws_api_throttled_requests_total", labels)
-					klog.InfoS("Got RequestLimitExceeded error on AWS request", "request", operationName)
 				}
+			} else {
+				duration := time.Since(start).Seconds()
+				metrics.Recorder().ObserveHistogram("cloudprovider_aws_api_request_duration_seconds", duration, labels, nil)
 			}
 			return output, metadata, err
-		}), middleware.Before)
+		}), middleware.After)
 	}
 }