diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_loadbalancer.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_loadbalancer.go
index 5267b736add..44b59062314 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_loadbalancer.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_loadbalancer.go
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ func (az *Cloud) getServiceLoadBalancer(service *v1.Service, clusterName string,
 
 	// check if the service already has a load balancer
 	if existingLBs != nil {
-		for _, existingLB := range existingLBs {
+		for i := range existingLBs {
+			existingLB := existingLBs[i]
 			if strings.EqualFold(*existingLB.Name, defaultLBName) {
 				defaultLB = &existingLB
 			}