diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/service/controller.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/service/controller.go
index 1a2d0aea6d4..d470fef7de8 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/service/controller.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/service/controller.go
@@ -720,6 +720,7 @@ func (c *Controller) nodeSyncService(svc *v1.Service, oldNodes, newNodes []*v1.N
 	klog.V(4).Infof("nodeSyncService started for service %s/%s", svc.Namespace, svc.Name)
 	if err := c.lockedUpdateLoadBalancerHosts(svc, newNodes); err != nil {
 		runtime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("failed to update load balancer hosts for service %s/%s: %v", svc.Namespace, svc.Name, err))
+		nodeSyncErrorCount.Inc()
 		return retNeedRetry
 	}
 	klog.V(4).Infof("nodeSyncService finished successfully for service %s/%s", svc.Namespace, svc.Name)
@@ -763,6 +764,7 @@ func (c *Controller) updateLoadBalancerHosts(ctx context.Context, services []*v1
 // associated with the service.
 func (c *Controller) lockedUpdateLoadBalancerHosts(service *v1.Service, hosts []*v1.Node) error {
 	startTime := time.Now()
+	loadBalancerSyncCount.Inc()
 	defer func() {
 		latency := time.Since(startTime).Seconds()
 		klog.V(4).Infof("It took %v seconds to update load balancer hosts for service %s/%s", latency, service.Namespace, service.Name)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/service/metrics.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/service/metrics.go
index e8410e3eb81..677318e43a2 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/service/metrics.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/service/metrics.go
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 package service
 
 import (
+	"sync"
+
 	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics/legacyregistry"
-	"sync"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -32,12 +33,26 @@ var register sync.Once
 // registerMetrics registers service-controller metrics.
 func registerMetrics() {
 	register.Do(func() {
+		legacyregistry.MustRegister(loadBalancerSyncCount)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(nodeSyncLatency)
+		legacyregistry.MustRegister(nodeSyncErrorCount)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(updateLoadBalancerHostLatency)
 	})
 }
 
 var (
+	loadBalancerSyncCount = metrics.NewCounter(&metrics.CounterOpts{
+		Name:           "loadbalancer_sync_total",
+		Subsystem:      subSystemName,
+		Help:           "A metric counting the amount of times any load balancer has been configured, as an effect of service/node changes on the cluster",
+		StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
+	})
+	nodeSyncErrorCount = metrics.NewCounter(&metrics.CounterOpts{
+		Name:           "nodesync_error_total",
+		Subsystem:      subSystemName,
+		Help:           "A metric counting the amount of times any load balancer has been configured and errored, as an effect of node changes on the cluster",
+		StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
+	})
 	nodeSyncLatency = metrics.NewHistogram(&metrics.HistogramOpts{
 		Name:      "nodesync_latency_seconds",
 		Subsystem: subSystemName,
@@ -46,7 +61,6 @@ var (
 		Buckets:        metrics.ExponentialBuckets(1, 2, 15),
 		StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
 	})
-
 	updateLoadBalancerHostLatency = metrics.NewHistogram(&metrics.HistogramOpts{
 		Name:      "update_loadbalancer_host_latency_seconds",
 		Subsystem: subSystemName,