diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates.go
index 8e476c8d7b1..d390fba531c 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates.go
@@ -666,6 +666,11 @@ func NewServiceAffinityPredicate(podLister algorithm.PodLister, serviceLister al
 // - the pod does not have any NodeSelector for L
 // - some other pod from the same service is already scheduled onto a node that has value V for label L
 func (s *ServiceAffinity) CheckServiceAffinity(pod *api.Pod, meta interface{}, nodeInfo *schedulercache.NodeInfo) (bool, error) {
+	node := nodeInfo.Node()
+	if node == nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("node not found")
+	}
+
 	var affinitySelector labels.Selector
 
 	// check if the pod being scheduled has the affinity labels specified in its NodeSelector
@@ -725,11 +730,6 @@ func (s *ServiceAffinity) CheckServiceAffinity(pod *api.Pod, meta interface{}, n
 		affinitySelector = labels.Set(affinityLabels).AsSelector()
 	}
 
-	node := nodeInfo.Node()
-	if node == nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("node not found")
-	}
-
 	// check if the node matches the selector
 	if affinitySelector.Matches(labels.Set(node.Labels)) {
 		return true, nil