diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_instances_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_instances_test.go
index 91a1c3ad024..4496f232800 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_instances_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_instances_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ package gce
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ func TestInstanceExists(t *testing.T) {
 			name:        "node not exist",
 			nodeName:    "test-node-2",
 			exist:       false,
-			expectedErr: fmt.Errorf("failed to get instance ID from cloud provider: instance not found"),
+			expectedErr: nil,
 		},
 	}