diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/core/scale_up.go b/cluster-autoscaler/core/scale_up.go
index 567ff064ba52..8539084d656b 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/core/scale_up.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/core/scale_up.go
@@ -666,12 +666,8 @@ func executeScaleUp(context *context.AutoscalingContext, clusterStateRegistry *c
 	increase := info.NewSize - info.CurrentSize
 	if err := info.Group.IncreaseSize(increase); err != nil {
 		context.LogRecorder.Eventf(apiv1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedToScaleUpGroup", "Scale-up failed for group %s: %v", info.Group.Id(), err)
-		reason := metrics.CloudProviderError
 		aerr := errors.ToAutoscalerError(errors.CloudProviderError, err).AddPrefix("failed to increase node group size: %v", err)
-		if aerr.Type() == errors.AuthorizationError {
-			reason = metrics.AuthorizationError
-		}
-		clusterStateRegistry.RegisterFailedScaleUp(info.Group, reason, now)
+		clusterStateRegistry.RegisterFailedScaleUp(info.Group, metrics.FailedScaleUpReason(string(aerr.Type())), now)
 		return aerr
 	}
 	clusterStateRegistry.RegisterOrUpdateScaleUp(
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/core/scale_up_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/core/scale_up_test.go
index 69cb35e67e1c..6ff0902bbe33 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/core/scale_up_test.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/core/scale_up_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package core
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -30,12 +32,14 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/config"
 	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/core/utils"
 	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/estimator"
+	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/metrics"
 	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/processors/nodegroupset"
 	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/utils/errors"
 	kube_util "k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/utils/kubernetes"
 	. "k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/utils/test"
 	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/utils/units"
 	kube_record "k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
+	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics/legacyregistry"
 
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	apiv1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -974,17 +978,33 @@ func TestCheckScaleUpDeltaWithinLimits(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAuthError(t *testing.T) {
+	metrics.RegisterAll()
 	context, err := NewScaleTestAutoscalingContext(config.AutoscalingOptions{}, &fake.Clientset{}, nil, nil, nil)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	nodeGroup := &mockprovider.NodeGroup{}
 	info := nodegroupset.ScaleUpInfo{Group: nodeGroup}
 	nodeGroup.On("Id").Return("A")
-	nodeGroup.On("IncreaseSize", 0).Return(errors.NewAutoscalerError(errors.AuthorizationError, ""))
+	nodeGroup.On("IncreaseSize", 0).Return(errors.NewAutoscalerError(errors.AutoscalerErrorType("abcd"), ""))
 
 	clusterStateRegistry := clusterstate.NewClusterStateRegistry(nil, clusterstate.ClusterStateRegistryConfig{}, context.LogRecorder, newBackoff())
 
 	aerr := executeScaleUp(&context, clusterStateRegistry, info, "", time.Now())
 	assert.Error(t, aerr)
-	assert.Equal(t, errors.AuthorizationError, aerr.Type())
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handler := http.HandlerFunc(legacyregistry.Handler().ServeHTTP)
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
+
+	// Check that the status code is what we expect.
+	if status := rr.Code; status != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Errorf("handler returned wrong status code: got %v want %v",
+			status, http.StatusOK)
+	}
+	// Check that the failed scale up reason is set correctly.
+	assert.Contains(t, rr.Body.String(), "cluster_autoscaler_failed_scale_ups_total{reason=\"abcd\"} 1")
 }
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/metrics/metrics.go b/cluster-autoscaler/metrics/metrics.go
index efcfc18540a8..e3b5ed22edbd 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ const (
 	APIError FailedScaleUpReason = "apiCallError"
 	// Timeout was encountered when trying to scale-up
 	Timeout FailedScaleUpReason = "timeout"
-	// AuthorizationError is an authorization error.
-	AuthorizationError FailedScaleUpReason = "authorizationError"
 
 	// autoscaledGroup is managed by CA
 	autoscaledGroup NodeGroupType = "autoscaled"
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/utils/errors/errors.go b/cluster-autoscaler/utils/errors/errors.go
index 22216e5f867b..fbdd6e22a674 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/utils/errors/errors.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/utils/errors/errors.go
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ const (
 	// NodeGroupDoesNotExistError signifies that a NodeGroup
 	// does not exist.
 	NodeGroupDoesNotExistError AutoscalerErrorType = "nodeGroupDoesNotExistError"
-	// AuthorizationError signifies that an authorization error occurred.
-	AuthorizationError AutoscalerErrorType = "authorizationError"
 )
 
 // NewAutoscalerError returns new autoscaler error with a message constructed from format string