diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_cloud_provider.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_cloud_provider.go
index b6ee7ac6ac59..f524c537b438 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_cloud_provider.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_cloud_provider.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (aws *awsCloudProvider) NodeGroupForNode(node *apiv1.Node) (cloudprovider.N
 	asg := aws.awsManager.GetAsgForInstance(*ref)
 
 	if asg == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot find ASG for node %v", ref.Name)
+		return nil, nil
 	}
 
 	return &AwsNodeGroup{
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_cloud_provider_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_cloud_provider_test.go
index 02dbacec2838..17aa8e85457e 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_cloud_provider_test.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_cloud_provider_test.go
@@ -241,36 +241,33 @@ func TestNodeGroupForNode(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, []cloudprovider.Instance{{Id: "aws:///us-east-1a/test-instance-id"}}, nodes)
 	service.AssertNumberOfCalls(t, "DescribeAutoScalingGroupsPages", 1)
-}
 
-func TestNodeGroupForNodeWithNoProviderId(t *testing.T) {
-	node := &apiv1.Node{
+	// test node in cluster that is not in a group managed by cluster autoscaler
+	nodeNotInGroup := &apiv1.Node{
 		Spec: apiv1.NodeSpec{
-			ProviderID: "",
+			ProviderID: "aws:///us-east-1a/test-instance-id-not-in-group",
 		},
 	}
-	service := &AutoScalingMock{}
-	provider := testProvider(t, newTestAwsManagerWithAsgs(t, service, []string{"1:5:test-asg"}))
-	group, err := provider.NodeGroupForNode(node)
+
+	group, err = provider.NodeGroupForNode(nodeNotInGroup)
 
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, group, nil)
+	assert.Nil(t, group)
+	service.AssertNumberOfCalls(t, "DescribeAutoScalingGroupsPages", 1)
 }
 
-func TestNodeGroupForNodeWithOutNodeGroup(t *testing.T) {
-	// test node in cluster that is not in a group managed by cluster autoscaler
+func TestNodeGroupForNodeWithNoProviderId(t *testing.T) {
 	node := &apiv1.Node{
 		Spec: apiv1.NodeSpec{
-			ProviderID: "aws:///us-east-1a/test-instance-id",
+			ProviderID: "",
 		},
 	}
 	service := &AutoScalingMock{}
 	provider := testProvider(t, newTestAwsManagerWithAsgs(t, service, []string{"1:5:test-asg"}))
 	group, err := provider.NodeGroupForNode(node)
 
-	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, group, nil)
-	service.AssertNotCalled(t, "DescribeAutoScalingGroupsPages")
 }
 
 func TestAwsRefFromProviderId(t *testing.T) {