diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_scale_set.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_scale_set.go
index 39e77e407e37..4500136377dd 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_scale_set.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_scale_set.go
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ func (scaleSet *ScaleSet) Belongs(node *apiv1.Node) (bool, error) {
 }
 
 // DeleteInstances deletes the given instances. All instances must be controlled by the same ASG.
-func (scaleSet *ScaleSet) DeleteInstances(instances []*azureRef) error {
+func (scaleSet *ScaleSet) DeleteInstances(instances []*azureRef, hasUnregisteredNodes bool) error {
 	if len(instances) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -461,9 +461,12 @@ func (scaleSet *ScaleSet) DeleteInstances(instances []*azureRef) error {
 
 	// Proactively decrement scale set size so that we don't
 	// go below minimum node count if cache data is stale
-	scaleSet.sizeMutex.Lock()
-	scaleSet.curSize -= int64(len(instanceIDs))
-	scaleSet.sizeMutex.Unlock()
+	// only do it for non-unregistered nodes
+	if !hasUnregisteredNodes {
+		scaleSet.sizeMutex.Lock()
+		scaleSet.curSize -= int64(len(instanceIDs))
+		scaleSet.sizeMutex.Unlock()
+	}
 
 	go scaleSet.waitForDeleteInstances(future, requiredIds)
 	return nil
@@ -482,6 +485,7 @@ func (scaleSet *ScaleSet) DeleteNodes(nodes []*apiv1.Node) error {
 	}
 
 	refs := make([]*azureRef, 0, len(nodes))
+	hasUnregisteredNodes := false
 	for _, node := range nodes {
 		belongs, err := scaleSet.Belongs(node)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -492,13 +496,16 @@ func (scaleSet *ScaleSet) DeleteNodes(nodes []*apiv1.Node) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("%s belongs to a different asg than %s", node.Name, scaleSet.Id())
 		}
 
+		if node.Annotations[cloudprovider.FakeNodeReasonAnnotation] == cloudprovider.FakeNodeUnregistered {
+			hasUnregisteredNodes = true
+		}
 		ref := &azureRef{
 			Name: node.Spec.ProviderID,
 		}
 		refs = append(refs, ref)
 	}
 
-	return scaleSet.DeleteInstances(refs)
+	return scaleSet.DeleteInstances(refs, hasUnregisteredNodes)
 }
 
 // Id returns ScaleSet id.
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_scale_set_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_scale_set_test.go
index 51efd81ca0d0..b76581ec90a1 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_scale_set_test.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_scale_set_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package azure
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"net/http"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -321,6 +322,82 @@ func TestDeleteNodes(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, targetSize)
 }
 
+func TestDeleteNodeUnregistered(t *testing.T) {
+	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+	defer ctrl.Finish()
+
+	manager := newTestAzureManager(t)
+	vmssName := "test-asg"
+	var vmssCapacity int64 = 2
+
+	expectedScaleSets := []compute.VirtualMachineScaleSet{
+		{
+			Name: &vmssName,
+			Sku: &compute.Sku{
+				Capacity: &vmssCapacity,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	expectedVMSSVMs := newTestVMSSVMList(2)
+
+	mockVMSSClient := mockvmssclient.NewMockInterface(ctrl)
+	mockVMSSClient.EXPECT().List(gomock.Any(), manager.config.ResourceGroup).Return(expectedScaleSets, nil).Times(2)
+	mockVMSSClient.EXPECT().DeleteInstancesAsync(gomock.Any(), manager.config.ResourceGroup, gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).Return(nil, nil)
+	mockVMSSClient.EXPECT().WaitForAsyncOperationResult(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).Return(&http.Response{StatusCode: http.StatusOK}, nil).AnyTimes()
+	manager.azClient.virtualMachineScaleSetsClient = mockVMSSClient
+	mockVMSSVMClient := mockvmssvmclient.NewMockInterface(ctrl)
+	mockVMSSVMClient.EXPECT().List(gomock.Any(), manager.config.ResourceGroup, "test-asg", gomock.Any()).Return(expectedVMSSVMs, nil).AnyTimes()
+	manager.azClient.virtualMachineScaleSetVMsClient = mockVMSSVMClient
+	err := manager.forceRefresh()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	resourceLimiter := cloudprovider.NewResourceLimiter(
+		map[string]int64{cloudprovider.ResourceNameCores: 1, cloudprovider.ResourceNameMemory: 10000000},
+		map[string]int64{cloudprovider.ResourceNameCores: 10, cloudprovider.ResourceNameMemory: 100000000})
+	provider, err := BuildAzureCloudProvider(manager, resourceLimiter)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	registered := manager.RegisterNodeGroup(
+		newTestScaleSet(manager, "test-asg"))
+	manager.explicitlyConfigured["test-asg"] = true
+	assert.True(t, registered)
+	err = manager.forceRefresh()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	scaleSet, ok := provider.NodeGroups()[0].(*ScaleSet)
+	assert.True(t, ok)
+
+	targetSize, err := scaleSet.TargetSize()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, targetSize)
+
+	// annotate node with unregistered annotation
+	annotations := make(map[string]string)
+	annotations[cloudprovider.FakeNodeReasonAnnotation] = cloudprovider.FakeNodeUnregistered
+	nodesToDelete := []*apiv1.Node{
+		{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Annotations: annotations,
+			},
+			Spec: apiv1.NodeSpec{
+				ProviderID: "azure://" + fmt.Sprintf(fakeVirtualMachineScaleSetVMID, 0),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	err = scaleSet.DeleteNodes(nodesToDelete)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Ensure the the cached size has NOT been proactively decremented
+	targetSize, err = scaleSet.TargetSize()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, targetSize)
+
+	// Ensure that the status for the instances is Deleting
+	instance0, found := scaleSet.getInstanceByProviderID("azure://" + fmt.Sprintf(fakeVirtualMachineScaleSetVMID, 0))
+	assert.True(t, found, true)
+	assert.Equal(t, instance0.Status.State, cloudprovider.InstanceDeleting)
+}
+
 func TestDeleteNoConflictRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
 	defer ctrl.Finish()