diff --git a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go
index 38026459743..b7fa74e961c 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go
@@ -222,8 +222,7 @@ type Controller struct {
 	// 'MemoryPressure', 'OutOfDisk' and 'DiskPressure'.
 	taintNodeByCondition bool
 
-	nodeUpdateChannels []chan *v1.Node
-	nodeUpdateQueue    workqueue.Interface
+	nodeUpdateQueue workqueue.Interface
 }
 
 // NewNodeLifecycleController returns a new taint controller.
@@ -350,11 +349,11 @@ func NewNodeLifecycleController(podInformer coreinformers.PodInformer,
 		glog.Infof("Controller will taint node by condition.")
 		nodeInformer.Informer().AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 			AddFunc: nodeutil.CreateAddNodeHandler(func(node *v1.Node) error {
-				nc.nodeUpdateQueue.Add(node)
+				nc.nodeUpdateQueue.Add(node.Name)
 				return nil
 			}),
 			UpdateFunc: nodeutil.CreateUpdateNodeHandler(func(_, newNode *v1.Node) error {
-				nc.nodeUpdateQueue.Add(newNode)
+				nc.nodeUpdateQueue.Add(newNode.Name)
 				return nil
 			}),
 		})
@@ -396,36 +395,16 @@ func (nc *Controller) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 	}
 
 	if nc.taintNodeByCondition {
-		for i := 0; i < scheduler.UpdateWorkerSize; i++ {
-			nc.nodeUpdateChannels = append(nc.nodeUpdateChannels, make(chan *v1.Node, scheduler.NodeUpdateChannelSize))
-		}
-
-		// Dispatcher
-		go func(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
-			for {
-				obj, shutdown := nc.nodeUpdateQueue.Get()
-				if shutdown {
-					break
-				}
-
-				node := obj.(*v1.Node)
-				hash := hash(node.Name, scheduler.UpdateWorkerSize)
-
-				select {
-				case <-stopCh:
-					nc.nodeUpdateQueue.Done(node)
-					return
-				case nc.nodeUpdateChannels[hash] <- node:
-				}
-				nc.nodeUpdateQueue.Done(node)
-			}
-		}(stopCh)
 		// Close node update queue to cleanup go routine.
 		defer nc.nodeUpdateQueue.ShutDown()
 
 		// Start workers to update NoSchedule taint for nodes.
 		for i := 0; i < scheduler.UpdateWorkerSize; i++ {
-			go nc.doNoScheduleTaintingPassWorker(i, stopCh)
+			// Thanks to "workqueue", each worker just need to get item from queue, because
+			// the item is flagged when got from queue: if new event come, the new item will
+			// be re-queued until "Done", so no more than one worker handle the same item and
+			// no event missed.
+			go wait.Until(nc.doNoScheduleTaintingPassWorker, time.Second, stopCh)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -488,20 +467,34 @@ func (nc *Controller) doFixDeprecatedTaintKeyPass(node *v1.Node) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (nc *Controller) doNoScheduleTaintingPassWorker(i int, stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
+func (nc *Controller) doNoScheduleTaintingPassWorker() {
 	for {
-		select {
-		case <-stopCh:
+		obj, shutdown := nc.nodeUpdateQueue.Get()
+		// "nodeUpdateQueue" will be shutdown when "stopCh" closed;
+		// we do not need to re-check "stopCh" again.
+		if shutdown {
 			return
-		case node := <-nc.nodeUpdateChannels[i]:
-			if err := nc.doNoScheduleTaintingPass(node); err != nil {
-				glog.Errorf("Failed to taint NoSchedule on node <%s>: %v", node.Name, err)
-			}
 		}
+		nodeName := obj.(string)
+
+		if err := nc.doNoScheduleTaintingPass(nodeName); err != nil {
+			// TODO (k82cn): Add nodeName back to the queue.
+			glog.Errorf("Failed to taint NoSchedule on node <%s>, requeue it: %v", nodeName, err)
+		}
+		nc.nodeUpdateQueue.Done(nodeName)
 	}
 }
 
-func (nc *Controller) doNoScheduleTaintingPass(node *v1.Node) error {
+func (nc *Controller) doNoScheduleTaintingPass(nodeName string) error {
+	node, err := nc.nodeLister.Get(nodeName)
+	if err != nil {
+		// If node not found, just ignore it.
+		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+
 	// Map node's condition to Taints.
 	var taints []v1.Taint
 	for _, condition := range node.Status.Conditions {
diff --git a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller_test.go
index c6e824221b1..cd581bc0c08 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller_test.go
@@ -2334,7 +2334,7 @@ func TestTaintsNodeByCondition(t *testing.T) {
 		if err := nodeController.syncNodeStore(fakeNodeHandler); err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 		}
-		nodeController.doNoScheduleTaintingPass(test.Node)
+		nodeController.doNoScheduleTaintingPass(test.Node.Name)
 		if err := nodeController.syncNodeStore(fakeNodeHandler); err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 		}