diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_cloud_provider_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_cloud_provider_test.go
index 587833779335..4ae024c437d4 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_cloud_provider_test.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_cloud_provider_test.go
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ func TestDeleteNodes(t *testing.T) {
 	err = asgs[0].DeleteNodes([]*apiv1.Node{node})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	service.AssertNumberOfCalls(t, "TerminateInstanceInAutoScalingGroup", 1)
-	service.AssertNumberOfCalls(t, "DescribeAutoScalingGroupsPages", 2)
+	service.AssertNumberOfCalls(t, "DescribeAutoScalingGroupsPages", 1)
 
 	newSize, err := asgs[0].TargetSize()
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ func TestDeleteNodesWithPlaceholder(t *testing.T) {
 	err = asgs[0].DeleteNodes([]*apiv1.Node{node})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	service.AssertNumberOfCalls(t, "SetDesiredCapacity", 1)
-	service.AssertNumberOfCalls(t, "DescribeAutoScalingGroupsPages", 2)
+	service.AssertNumberOfCalls(t, "DescribeAutoScalingGroupsPages", 1)
 
 	newSize, err := asgs[0].TargetSize()
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_manager.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_manager.go
index d9f71bec8281..361eed052c91 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_manager.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_manager.go
@@ -294,8 +294,9 @@ func (m *AwsManager) DeleteInstances(instances []*AwsInstanceRef) error {
 	if err := m.asgCache.DeleteInstances(instances); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	klog.V(2).Infof("Some ASG instances might have been deleted, forcing ASG list refresh")
-	return m.forceRefresh()
+	klog.V(2).Infof("DeleteInstances was called: scheduling an ASG list refresh for next main loop evaluation")
+	m.lastRefresh = time.Now().Add(-refreshInterval)
+	return nil
 }
 
 // GetAsgNodes returns Asg nodes.