diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instances.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instances.go
index 1b85334e1aa..bc9685690d7 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instances.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instances.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package azure
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider"
@@ -100,24 +102,57 @@ func (az *Cloud) InstanceExistsByProviderID(ctx context.Context, providerID stri
 func (az *Cloud) isCurrentInstance(name types.NodeName) (bool, error) {
 	nodeName := mapNodeNameToVMName(name)
 	metadataName, err := az.metadata.Text("instance/compute/name")
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	if az.VMType == vmTypeVMSS {
+		// VMSS vmName is not same with hostname, use hostname instead.
+		metadataName, err = os.Hostname()
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	metadataName = strings.ToLower(metadataName)
 	return (metadataName == nodeName), err
 }
 
 // InstanceID returns the cloud provider ID of the specified instance.
 // Note that if the instance does not exist or is no longer running, we must return ("", cloudprovider.InstanceNotFound)
 func (az *Cloud) InstanceID(ctx context.Context, name types.NodeName) (string, error) {
+	nodeName := mapNodeNameToVMName(name)
+
 	if az.UseInstanceMetadata {
 		isLocalInstance, err := az.isCurrentInstance(name)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
-		if isLocalInstance {
-			nodeName := mapNodeNameToVMName(name)
-			return az.getMachineID(nodeName), nil
+
+		// Not local instance, get instanceID from Azure ARM API.
+		if !isLocalInstance {
+			return az.vmSet.GetInstanceIDByNodeName(nodeName)
 		}
+
+		// Compose instanceID based on nodeName for standard instance.
+		if az.VMType == vmTypeStandard {
+			return az.getStandardMachineID(nodeName), nil
+		}
+
+		// Get scale set name and instanceID from vmName for vmss.
+		metadataName, err := az.metadata.Text("instance/compute/name")
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		ssName, instanceID, err := extractVmssVMName(metadataName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		// Compose instanceID based on ssName and instanceID for vmss instance.
+		return az.getVmssMachineID(ssName, instanceID), nil
 	}
 
-	return az.vmSet.GetInstanceIDByNodeName(string(name))
+	return az.vmSet.GetInstanceIDByNodeName(nodeName)
 }
 
 // InstanceTypeByProviderID returns the cloudprovider instance type of the node with the specified unique providerID
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_standard.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_standard.go
index 27af13657b9..bb40eadfae2 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_standard.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_standard.go
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ const (
 var errNotInVMSet = errors.New("vm is not in the vmset")
 var providerIDRE = regexp.MustCompile(`^` + CloudProviderName + `://(?:.*)/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/(.+)$`)
 
-// returns the full identifier of a machine
-func (az *Cloud) getMachineID(machineName string) string {
+// getStandardMachineID returns the full identifier of a virtual machine.
+func (az *Cloud) getStandardMachineID(machineName string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
 		machineIDTemplate,
 		az.SubscriptionID,
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_vmss.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_vmss.go
index 14dce8391e7..8f41cedbb36 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_vmss.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_vmss.go
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ var (
 	// ErrorNotVmssInstance indicates an instance is not belongint to any vmss.
 	ErrorNotVmssInstance = errors.New("not a vmss instance")
 
-	scaleSetNameRE = regexp.MustCompile(`.*/subscriptions/(?:.*)/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/(.+)/virtualMachines(?:.*)`)
+	scaleSetNameRE        = regexp.MustCompile(`.*/subscriptions/(?:.*)/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/(.+)/virtualMachines(?:.*)`)
+	vmssMachineIDTemplate = "/subscriptions/%s/resourceGroups/%s/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/%s/virtualMachines/%s"
 )
 
 // scaleSet implements VMSet interface for Azure scale set.
@@ -735,3 +736,13 @@ func (ss *scaleSet) EnsureBackendPoolDeleted(poolID, vmSetName string) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// getVmssMachineID returns the full identifier of a vmss virtual machine.
+func (az *Cloud) getVmssMachineID(scaleSetName, instanceID string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(
+		vmssMachineIDTemplate,
+		az.SubscriptionID,
+		az.ResourceGroup,
+		scaleSetName,
+		instanceID)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_vmss_cache.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_vmss_cache.go
index 8aad8425e61..b7f1552d7b7 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_vmss_cache.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_vmss_cache.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (ss *scaleSet) makeVmssVMName(scaleSetName, instanceID string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s%s", scaleSetName, vmssNameSeparator, instanceID)
 }
 
-func (ss *scaleSet) extractVmssVMName(name string) (string, string, error) {
+func extractVmssVMName(name string) (string, string, error) {
 	ret := strings.Split(name, vmssNameSeparator)
 	if len(ret) != 2 {
 		glog.Errorf("Failed to extract vmssVMName %q", name)
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func (ss *scaleSet) newAvailabilitySetNodesCache() (*timedCache, error) {
 func (ss *scaleSet) newVmssVMCache() (*timedCache, error) {
 	getter := func(key string) (interface{}, error) {
 		// vmssVM name's format is 'scaleSetName_instanceID'
-		ssName, instanceID, err := ss.extractVmssVMName(key)
+		ssName, instanceID, err := extractVmssVMName(key)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_vmss_cache_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_vmss_cache_test.go
index 284a26d340d..ad8bc4798a2 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_vmss_cache_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_vmss_cache_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestExtractVmssVMName(t *testing.T) {
-	ss := &scaleSet{}
 	cases := []struct {
 		description        string
 		vmName             string
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ func TestExtractVmssVMName(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range cases {
-		ssName, instanceID, err := ss.extractVmssVMName(c.vmName)
+		ssName, instanceID, err := extractVmssVMName(c.vmName)
 		if c.expectError {
 			assert.Error(t, err, c.description)
 			continue