diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/retry/azure_error.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/retry/azure_error.go
index 03d043cb9d9..4bf262897dc 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/retry/azure_error.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/retry/azure_error.go
@@ -125,8 +125,9 @@ func getHTTPStatusCode(resp *http.Response) int {
 // shouldRetryHTTPRequest determines if the request is retriable.
 func shouldRetryHTTPRequest(resp *http.Response, err error) bool {
 	if resp != nil {
-		// HTTP 412 (StatusPreconditionFailed) means etag mismatch, hence we shouldn't retry.
-		if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusPreconditionFailed {
+		// HTTP 412 (StatusPreconditionFailed) means etag mismatch
+		// HTTP 400 (BadRequest) means the request cannot be accepted, hence we shouldn't retry.
+		if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusPreconditionFailed || resp.StatusCode == http.StatusBadRequest {
 			return false
 		}
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/retry/azure_error_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/retry/azure_error_test.go
index 01ab273a510..52057ffc3b4 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/retry/azure_error_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/retry/azure_error_test.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestGetError(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			code: http.StatusBadRequest,
 			expected: &Error{
-				Retriable:      true,
+				Retriable:      false,
 				HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
 				RawError:       fmt.Errorf("HTTP response: 400"),
 			},
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func TestGetStatusNotFoundAndForbiddenIgnoredError(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			code: http.StatusBadRequest,
 			expected: &Error{
-				Retriable:      true,
+				Retriable:      false,
 				HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
 				RawError:       fmt.Errorf("HTTP response: 400"),
 			},
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func TestShouldRetryHTTPRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			code:     http.StatusBadRequest,
-			expected: true,
+			expected: false,
 		},
 		{
 			code:     http.StatusInternalServerError,