diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_vmss.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_vmss.go
index ba2d7175480..470d9b5414c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_vmss.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_vmss.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (ss *scaleSet) getVMSS(vmssName string, crt cacheReadType) (*compute.Virtua
 		return vmss, nil
 	}
 
-	klog.V(3).Infof("Couldn't find VMSS with name %s, refreshing the cache", vmssName)
+	klog.V(2).Infof("Couldn't find VMSS with name %s, refreshing the cache", vmssName)
 	ss.vmssCache.Delete(vmssKey)
 	vmss, err = getter(vmssName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func (ss *scaleSet) getVmssVM(nodeName string, crt cacheReadType) (string, strin
 	}
 
 	if !found {
-		klog.V(3).Infof("Couldn't find VMSS VM with nodeName %s, refreshing the cache", nodeName)
+		klog.V(2).Infof("Couldn't find VMSS VM with nodeName %s, refreshing the cache", nodeName)
 		vmssName, instanceID, vm, found, err = getter(nodeName, cacheReadTypeForceRefresh)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", "", nil, err
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func (ss *scaleSet) getVmssVMByInstanceID(resourceGroup, scaleSetName, instanceI
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if !found {
-		klog.V(3).Infof("Couldn't find VMSS VM with scaleSetName %q and instanceID %q, refreshing the cache", scaleSetName, instanceID)
+		klog.V(2).Infof("Couldn't find VMSS VM with scaleSetName %q and instanceID %q, refreshing the cache", scaleSetName, instanceID)
 		vm, found, err = getter(cacheReadTypeForceRefresh)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err