diff --git a/pkg/cloud/services/compute/instance.go b/pkg/cloud/services/compute/instance.go
index bc49dc48fa..f6ab5d29e4 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/services/compute/instance.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud/services/compute/instance.go
@@ -740,10 +740,15 @@ func (s *Service) deleteAttachInterface(eventObject runtime.Object, instanceID,
 
 	mc := metrics.NewMetricPrometheusContext("server_os_interface", "delete")
 	err = attachinterfaces.Delete(s.computeClient, instanceID, portID).ExtractErr()
-	if mc.ObserveRequestIgnoreNotFound(err) != nil {
+	if mc.ObserveRequestIgnoreNotFoundorConflict(err) != nil {
 		if capoerrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return nil
 		}
+		if capoerrors.IsConflict(err) {
+			// we don't want to block deletion because of Conflict
+			// due to instance must be paused/active/shutoff in order to detach interface
+			return nil
+		}
 		record.Warnf(eventObject, "FailedDeleteAttachInterface", "Failed to delete attach interface: instance %s, port %s: %v", instance.ID, port.ID, err)
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
index 0f0d9d0167..fd6e4244da 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -61,6 +61,19 @@ func (mc *MetricPrometheusContext) ObserveRequestIgnoreNotFound(err error) error
 	return mc.ObserveRequest(err)
 }
 
+// ObserveRequestIgnoreNotFoundorConflict records the request latency and counts the errors if it's not IsNotFound or IsConflict.
+func (mc *MetricPrometheusContext) ObserveRequestIgnoreNotFoundorConflict(err error) error {
+	if capoerrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+		_ = mc.ObserveRequest(nil)
+		return err
+	}
+	if capoerrors.IsConflict(err) {
+		_ = mc.ObserveRequest(nil)
+		return err
+	}
+	return mc.ObserveRequest(err)
+}
+
 // Observe records the request latency and counts the errors.
 func (mc *MetricPrometheusContext) Observe(om *OpenstackPrometheusMetrics, err error) error {
 	if om == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/utils/errors/errors.go b/pkg/utils/errors/errors.go
index 7d48c8ad72..279e6f3636 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/errors/errors.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/errors/errors.go
@@ -68,3 +68,19 @@ func IsInvalidError(err error) bool {
 
 	return false
 }
+
+func IsConflict(err error) bool {
+	var errDefault409 gophercloud.ErrDefault409
+	if errors.As(err, &errDefault409) {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	var errUnexpectedResponseCode gophercloud.ErrUnexpectedResponseCode
+	if errors.As(err, &errUnexpectedResponseCode) {
+		if errUnexpectedResponseCode.Actual == http.StatusConflict {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}