diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/nodemanager.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/nodemanager.go
index ff5d4df7bfb..196f776599b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/nodemanager.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/nodemanager.go
@@ -259,6 +259,16 @@ func (nm *NodeManager) GetNode(nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (v1.Node, error) {
 	return *node, nil
 }
 
+func (nm *NodeManager) getNodes() map[string]*v1.Node {
+	nm.registeredNodesLock.RLock()
+	defer nm.registeredNodesLock.RUnlock()
+	registeredNodes := make(map[string]*v1.Node, len(nm.registeredNodes))
+	for nodeName, node := range nm.registeredNodes {
+		registeredNodes[nodeName] = node
+	}
+	return registeredNodes
+}
+
 func (nm *NodeManager) addNode(node *v1.Node) {
 	nm.registeredNodesLock.Lock()
 	nm.registeredNodes[node.ObjectMeta.Name] = node
@@ -288,11 +298,9 @@ func (nm *NodeManager) GetNodeInfo(nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (NodeInfo, error)
 //
 // This method is a getter but it can cause side-effect of updating NodeInfo objects.
 func (nm *NodeManager) GetNodeDetails() ([]NodeDetails, error) {
-	nm.registeredNodesLock.Lock()
-	defer nm.registeredNodesLock.Unlock()
 	var nodeDetails []NodeDetails
 
-	for nodeName, nodeObj := range nm.registeredNodes {
+	for nodeName, nodeObj := range nm.getNodes() {
 		nodeInfo, err := nm.GetNodeInfoWithNodeObject(nodeObj)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -304,10 +312,7 @@ func (nm *NodeManager) GetNodeDetails() ([]NodeDetails, error) {
 }
 
 func (nm *NodeManager) refreshNodes() (errList []error) {
-	nm.registeredNodesLock.Lock()
-	defer nm.registeredNodesLock.Unlock()
-
-	for nodeName := range nm.registeredNodes {
+	for nodeName := range nm.getNodes() {
 		nodeInfo, err := nm.getRefreshedNodeInfo(convertToK8sType(nodeName))
 		if err != nil {
 			errList = append(errList, err)