diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_controller_standard.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_controller_standard.go
index 5ffafc81ce1..ecb972b7379 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_controller_standard.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_controller_standard.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package azure
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -132,7 +131,8 @@ func (as *availabilitySet) DetachDisk(diskName, diskURI string, nodeName types.N
 	}
 
 	if !bFoundDisk {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("detach azure disk failure, disk %s not found, diskURI: %s", diskName, diskURI)
+		// only log here, next action is to update VM status with original meta data
+		klog.Errorf("detach azure disk: disk %s not found, diskURI: %s", diskName, diskURI)
 	}
 
 	newVM := compute.VirtualMachine{
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_controller_vmss.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_controller_vmss.go
index 2d551af3f69..5236cd0aa0b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_controller_vmss.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_controller_vmss.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package azure
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -136,7 +135,8 @@ func (ss *scaleSet) DetachDisk(diskName, diskURI string, nodeName types.NodeName
 	}
 
 	if !bFoundDisk {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("detach azure disk failure, disk %s not found, diskURI: %s", diskName, diskURI)
+		// only log here, next action is to update VM status with original meta data
+		klog.Errorf("detach azure disk: disk %s not found, diskURI: %s", diskName, diskURI)
 	}
 
 	newVM := compute.VirtualMachineScaleSetVM{