diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_wrapper.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_wrapper.go
index 71c6acb9d72d..4ca512bb4435 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_wrapper.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_wrapper.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (m *awsWrapper) getManagedNodegroupInfo(nodegroupName string, clusterName s
 			if taint != nil && taint.Effect != nil && taint.Key != nil && taint.Value != nil {
 				formattedEffect, err := taintEksTranslator(taint)
 				if err != nil {
-					return nil, labels, tags, err
+					return nil, nil, nil, err
 				}
 				taints = append(taints, apiv1.Taint{
 					Key:    *taint.Key,