diff --git a/exp/controllers/awsmachinepool_controller_test.go b/exp/controllers/awsmachinepool_controller_test.go
index 4fe6cc1dfe..287ebbe7a1 100644
--- a/exp/controllers/awsmachinepool_controller_test.go
+++ b/exp/controllers/awsmachinepool_controller_test.go
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ func TestAWSMachinePoolReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 						MixedInstancesPolicy: awsMachinePool.Spec.MixedInstancesPolicy.DeepCopy(),
 					}, nil
 				})
-				asgSvc.EXPECT().DescribeLifecycleHooks(gomock.Any())
+				asgSvc.EXPECT().DescribeLifecycleHooks(gomock.Any()).Return(nil, nil)
 				asgSvc.EXPECT().SubnetIDs(gomock.Any()).Return([]string{"subnet-1"}, nil) // no change
 				// No changes, so there must not be an ASG update!
 				asgSvc.EXPECT().UpdateASG(gomock.Any()).Times(0)
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ func TestAWSMachinePoolReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 						MixedInstancesPolicy: awsMachinePool.Spec.MixedInstancesPolicy.DeepCopy(),
 					}, nil
 				})
-				asgSvc.EXPECT().DescribeLifecycleHooks(gomock.Any())
+				asgSvc.EXPECT().DescribeLifecycleHooks(gomock.Any()).Return(nil, nil)
 				asgSvc.EXPECT().SubnetIDs(gomock.Any()).Return([]string{"subnet-1"}, nil) // no change
 				// No changes, so there must not be an ASG update!
 				asgSvc.EXPECT().UpdateASG(gomock.Any()).Times(0)
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ func TestAWSMachinePoolReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 						MixedInstancesPolicy: awsMachinePool.Spec.MixedInstancesPolicy.DeepCopy(),
 					}, nil
 				})
-				asgSvc.EXPECT().DescribeLifecycleHooks(gomock.Any())
+				asgSvc.EXPECT().DescribeLifecycleHooks(gomock.Any()).Return(nil, nil)
 				asgSvc.EXPECT().SubnetIDs(gomock.Any()).Return([]string{"subnet-1"}, nil) // no change
 				// No changes, so there must not be an ASG update!
 				asgSvc.EXPECT().UpdateASG(gomock.Any()).Times(0)