diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack.go
index 7f9ebc78049..7e3e85161ef 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack.go
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ func checkOpenStackOpts(openstackOpts *OpenStack) error {
 
 	// subnet-id is required
 	if len(lbOpts.SubnetId) == 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("subnet-id not set in cloud provider config")
+		glog.Warningf("subnet-id not set in cloud provider config. " +
+			"OpenStack Load balancer will not work.")
 	}
 
 	// if need to create health monitor for Neutron LB,
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_loadbalancer.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_loadbalancer.go
index d1d2f583aa2..722063bfe16 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_loadbalancer.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_loadbalancer.go
@@ -589,6 +589,10 @@ func nodeAddressForLB(node *v1.Node) (string, error) {
 func (lbaas *LbaasV2) EnsureLoadBalancer(clusterName string, apiService *v1.Service, nodes []*v1.Node) (*v1.LoadBalancerStatus, error) {
 	glog.V(4).Infof("EnsureLoadBalancer(%v, %v, %v, %v, %v, %v, %v)", clusterName, apiService.Namespace, apiService.Name, apiService.Spec.LoadBalancerIP, apiService.Spec.Ports, nodes, apiService.Annotations)
 
+	if len(lbaas.opts.SubnetId) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("subnet-id not set in cloud provider config")
+	}
+
 	ports := apiService.Spec.Ports
 	if len(ports) == 0 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no ports provided to openstack load balancer")
@@ -950,6 +954,10 @@ func (lbaas *LbaasV2) UpdateLoadBalancer(clusterName string, service *v1.Service
 	loadBalancerName := cloudprovider.GetLoadBalancerName(service)
 	glog.V(4).Infof("UpdateLoadBalancer(%v, %v, %v)", clusterName, loadBalancerName, nodes)
 
+	if len(lbaas.opts.SubnetId) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("subnet-id not set in cloud provider config")
+	}
+
 	ports := service.Spec.Ports
 	if len(ports) == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("no ports provided to openstack load balancer")
@@ -1225,6 +1233,10 @@ func (lb *LbaasV1) GetLoadBalancer(clusterName string, service *v1.Service) (*v1
 func (lb *LbaasV1) EnsureLoadBalancer(clusterName string, apiService *v1.Service, nodes []*v1.Node) (*v1.LoadBalancerStatus, error) {
 	glog.V(4).Infof("EnsureLoadBalancer(%v, %v, %v, %v, %v, %v, %v)", clusterName, apiService.Namespace, apiService.Name, apiService.Spec.LoadBalancerIP, apiService.Spec.Ports, nodes, apiService.Annotations)
 
+	if len(lb.opts.SubnetId) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("subnet-id not set in cloud provider config")
+	}
+
 	ports := apiService.Spec.Ports
 	if len(ports) > 1 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("multiple ports are not supported in openstack v1 load balancers")
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_test.go
index 1471cb262e9..d0422c172f7 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_test.go
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func TestCheckOpenStackOpts(t *testing.T) {
 					NodeSecurityGroupID:  "b41d28c2-d02f-4e1e-8ffb-23b8e4f5c144",
 				},
 			},
-			expectedError: fmt.Errorf("subnet-id not set in cloud provider config"),
+			expectedError: nil,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "test3",