diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_backoff.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_backoff.go
index 7fda4cc78ae..5eb622950eb 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_backoff.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_backoff.go
@@ -57,23 +57,6 @@ func (az *Cloud) GetVirtualMachineWithRetry(name types.NodeName) (compute.Virtua
 	return machine, err
 }
 
-// VirtualMachineClientGetWithRetry invokes az.VirtualMachinesClient.Get with exponential backoff retry
-func (az *Cloud) VirtualMachineClientGetWithRetry(resourceGroup, vmName string, types compute.InstanceViewTypes) (compute.VirtualMachine, error) {
-	var machine compute.VirtualMachine
-	err := wait.ExponentialBackoff(az.requestBackoff(), func() (bool, error) {
-		var retryErr error
-		az.operationPollRateLimiter.Accept()
-		machine, retryErr = az.VirtualMachinesClient.Get(resourceGroup, vmName, types)
-		if retryErr != nil {
-			glog.Errorf("backoff: failure, will retry,err=%v", retryErr)
-			return false, nil
-		}
-		glog.V(2).Infof("backoff: success")
-		return true, nil
-	})
-	return machine, err
-}
-
 // VirtualMachineClientListWithRetry invokes az.VirtualMachinesClient.List with exponential backoff retry
 func (az *Cloud) VirtualMachineClientListWithRetry() ([]compute.VirtualMachine, error) {
 	allNodes := []compute.VirtualMachine{}
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_util.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_util.go
index d0b062846d6..c7fcef10ebd 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_util.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_util.go
@@ -564,13 +564,11 @@ func (as *availabilitySet) GetPrimaryInterface(nodeName, vmSetName string) (netw
 	var machine compute.VirtualMachine
 
 	as.operationPollRateLimiter.Accept()
-	glog.V(10).Infof("VirtualMachinesClient.Get(%q): start", nodeName)
-	machine, err := as.VirtualMachineClientGetWithRetry(as.ResourceGroup, nodeName, "")
+	machine, err := as.GetVirtualMachineWithRetry(types.NodeName(nodeName))
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.V(2).Infof("GetPrimaryInterface(%s, %s) abort backoff", nodeName, vmSetName)
 		return network.Interface{}, err
 	}
-	glog.V(10).Infof("VirtualMachinesClient.Get(%q): end", nodeName)
 
 	primaryNicID, err := getPrimaryInterfaceID(machine)
 	if err != nil {