diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_backoff.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_backoff.go
index 4ad3d7fbe10..3fca4c49334 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_backoff.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_backoff.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ func (az *Cloud) GetVirtualMachineWithRetry(name types.NodeName) (compute.Virtua
 	var machine compute.VirtualMachine
 	var exists bool
 	err := wait.ExponentialBackoff(az.resourceRequestBackoff, func() (bool, error) {
-		az.operationPollRateLimiter.Accept()
 		var retryErr error
 		machine, exists, retryErr = az.getVirtualMachine(name)
 		if retryErr != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instances.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instances.go
index 13ec02170f9..964dd38063a 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instances.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instances.go
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ func (az *Cloud) InstanceID(name types.NodeName) (string, error) {
 	var machine compute.VirtualMachine
 	var exists bool
 	var err error
-	az.operationPollRateLimiter.Accept()
 	machine, exists, err = az.getVirtualMachine(name)
 	if err != nil {
 		if az.CloudProviderBackoff {