diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_machinedeployment.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_machinedeployment.go
index 5acdefbaf97a..fe636c8ffc16 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_machinedeployment.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_machinedeployment.go
@@ -120,13 +120,9 @@ func (r machineDeploymentScalableResource) UnmarkMachineForDeletion(machine *Mac
 
 func (r machineDeploymentScalableResource) MarkMachineForDeletion(machine *Machine) error {
 	u, err := r.controller.dynamicclient.Resource(*r.controller.machineResource).Namespace(machine.Namespace).Get(context.TODO(), machine.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if u == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unknown machine %s", machine.Name)
-	}
 
 	u = u.DeepCopy()
 
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_machineset.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_machineset.go
index 03b86f073335..97d396c119aa 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_machineset.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_machineset.go
@@ -102,13 +102,9 @@ func (r machineSetScalableResource) SetSize(nreplicas int32) error {
 
 func (r machineSetScalableResource) MarkMachineForDeletion(machine *Machine) error {
 	u, err := r.controller.dynamicclient.Resource(*r.controller.machineResource).Namespace(machine.Namespace).Get(context.TODO(), machine.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if u == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unknown machine %s", machine.Name)
-	}
 
 	u = u.DeepCopy()
 
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_scalableresource.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_scalableresource.go
index 454531599ffd..aa1228fb4420 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_scalableresource.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_scalableresource.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package clusterapi
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
@@ -60,13 +59,9 @@ type scalableResource interface {
 
 func unmarkMachineForDeletion(controller *machineController, machine *Machine) error {
 	u, err := controller.dynamicclient.Resource(*controller.machineResource).Namespace(machine.Namespace).Get(context.TODO(), machine.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if u == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unknown machine %s", machine.Name)
-	}
 
 	annotations := u.GetAnnotations()
 	if _, ok := annotations[machineDeleteAnnotationKey]; ok {