diff --git a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go
index 412ed5c5262..d5615f65cd5 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go
@@ -81,32 +81,34 @@ var (
 	}
 
 	nodeConditionToTaintKeyStatusMap = map[v1.NodeConditionType]struct {
-		TaintKey string
-		Status   v1.ConditionStatus
+		taintKey string
+		// noScheduleStatus is the condition under which the node should be tainted as not schedulable for this
+		// NodeConditionType
+		noScheduleStatus v1.ConditionStatus
 	}{
 		v1.NodeReady: {
-			TaintKey: algorithm.TaintNodeNotReady,
-			Status:   v1.ConditionFalse,
+			taintKey:         algorithm.TaintNodeNotReady,
+			noScheduleStatus: v1.ConditionFalse,
 		},
 		v1.NodeMemoryPressure: {
-			TaintKey: algorithm.TaintNodeMemoryPressure,
-			Status:   v1.ConditionTrue,
+			taintKey:         algorithm.TaintNodeMemoryPressure,
+			noScheduleStatus: v1.ConditionTrue,
 		},
 		v1.NodeOutOfDisk: {
-			TaintKey: algorithm.TaintNodeOutOfDisk,
-			Status:   v1.ConditionTrue,
+			taintKey:         algorithm.TaintNodeOutOfDisk,
+			noScheduleStatus: v1.ConditionTrue,
 		},
 		v1.NodeDiskPressure: {
-			TaintKey: algorithm.TaintNodeDiskPressure,
-			Status:   v1.ConditionTrue,
+			taintKey:         algorithm.TaintNodeDiskPressure,
+			noScheduleStatus: v1.ConditionTrue,
 		},
 		v1.NodeNetworkUnavailable: {
-			TaintKey: algorithm.TaintNodeNetworkUnavailable,
-			Status:   v1.ConditionTrue,
+			taintKey:         algorithm.TaintNodeNetworkUnavailable,
+			noScheduleStatus: v1.ConditionTrue,
 		},
 		v1.NodePIDPressure: {
-			TaintKey: algorithm.TaintNodePIDPressure,
-			Status:   v1.ConditionTrue,
+			taintKey:         algorithm.TaintNodePIDPressure,
+			noScheduleStatus: v1.ConditionTrue,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -453,12 +455,12 @@ func (nc *Controller) doFixDeprecatedTaintKeyPass(node *v1.Node) error {
 
 func (nc *Controller) doNoScheduleTaintingPass(node *v1.Node) error {
 	// Map node's condition to Taints.
-	taints := []v1.Taint{}
+	var taints []v1.Taint
 	for _, condition := range node.Status.Conditions {
-		if taintKeyStatus, found := nodeConditionToTaintKeyStatusMap[condition.Type]; found {
-			if condition.Status == taintKeyStatus.Status {
+		if taint, found := nodeConditionToTaintKeyStatusMap[condition.Type]; found {
+			if condition.Status == taint.noScheduleStatus {
 				taints = append(taints, v1.Taint{
-					Key:    taintKeyStatus.TaintKey,
+					Key:    taint.taintKey,
 					Effect: v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule,
 				})
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller_test.go
index 35f37e2ba37..099ddedd013 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller_test.go
@@ -2163,6 +2163,10 @@ func TestTaintsNodeByCondition(t *testing.T) {
 		Key:    algorithm.TaintNodeNetworkUnavailable,
 		Effect: v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule,
 	}
+	notReadyTaint := &v1.Taint{
+		Key:    algorithm.TaintNodeNotReady,
+		Effect: v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule,
+	}
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		Name           string
@@ -2271,6 +2275,30 @@ func TestTaintsNodeByCondition(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			ExpectedTaints: []*v1.Taint{networkUnavailableTaint},
 		},
+		{
+			Name: "Ready is false",
+			Node: &v1.Node{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:              "node0",
+					CreationTimestamp: metav1.Date(2012, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+					Labels: map[string]string{
+						kubeletapis.LabelZoneRegion:        "region1",
+						kubeletapis.LabelZoneFailureDomain: "zone1",
+					},
+				},
+				Status: v1.NodeStatus{
+					Conditions: []v1.NodeCondition{
+						{
+							Type:               v1.NodeReady,
+							Status:             v1.ConditionFalse,
+							LastHeartbeatTime:  metav1.Date(2015, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+							LastTransitionTime: metav1.Date(2015, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			ExpectedTaints: []*v1.Taint{notReadyTaint},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {