diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_backoff.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_backoff.go
index 3cf5d8930fa..fffb9cd07b1 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_backoff.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_backoff.go
@@ -302,11 +302,11 @@ func (az *Cloud) ListPIPWithRetry() ([]network.PublicIPAddress, error) {
 func (az *Cloud) CreateOrUpdatePIPWithRetry(pip network.PublicIPAddress) error {
 	return wait.ExponentialBackoff(az.requestBackoff(), func() (bool, error) {
 		az.operationPollRateLimiter.Accept()
-		glog.V(10).Infof("PublicIPAddressesClient.CreateOrUpdate(%s): start", *pip.Name)
-		respChan, errChan := az.PublicIPAddressesClient.CreateOrUpdate(az.ResourceGroup, *pip.Name, pip, nil)
+		glog.V(10).Infof("PublicIPAddressesClient.CreateOrUpdate(%s, %s): start", resourceGroup, *pip.Name)
+		respChan, errChan := az.PublicIPAddressesClient.CreateOrUpdate(resourceGroup, *pip.Name, pip, nil)
 		resp := <-respChan
 		err := <-errChan
-		glog.V(10).Infof("PublicIPAddressesClient.CreateOrUpdate(%s): end", *pip.Name)
+		glog.V(10).Infof("PublicIPAddressesClient.CreateOrUpdate(%s, %s): end", resourceGroup, *pip.Name)
 		return processRetryResponse(resp.Response, err)
 	})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_loadbalancer.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_loadbalancer.go
index 6657a074d89..c48cf858f6b 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_loadbalancer.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_loadbalancer.go
@@ -416,9 +416,9 @@ func (az *Cloud) ensurePublicIPExists(serviceName, pipName, domainNameLabel stri
 	glog.V(10).Infof("CreateOrUpdatePIPWithRetry(%q): end", *pip.Name)
 
 	az.operationPollRateLimiter.Accept()
-	glog.V(10).Infof("PublicIPAddressesClient.Get(%q): start", *pip.Name)
-	pip, err = az.PublicIPAddressesClient.Get(az.ResourceGroup, *pip.Name, "")
-	glog.V(10).Infof("PublicIPAddressesClient.Get(%q): end", *pip.Name)
+	glog.V(10).Infof("PublicIPAddressesClient.Get(%s, %q): start", pipResourceGroup, *pip.Name)
+	pip, err = az.PublicIPAddressesClient.Get(pipResourceGroup, *pip.Name, "")
+	glog.V(10).Infof("PublicIPAddressesClient.Get(%s, %q): end", pipResourceGroup, *pip.Name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_util.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_util.go
index 1804faba588..6181550571b 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_util.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_util.go
@@ -699,23 +699,3 @@ func (as *availabilitySet) EnsureBackendPoolDeleted(poolID, vmSetName string) er
 	// Do nothing for availability set.
 	return nil
 }
-
-// parseResourceGroupNameFromID parses the resource group name from a resource ID
-func parseResourceGroupNameFromID(resourceID string) (resourceGroupName string, err error) {
-	reg, err := regexp.Compile(`(?i)(.*?)/resourceGroups/(?P<rgname>\S+)/providers/(.*?)`)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	matchNames := reg.SubexpNames()
-	matches := reg.FindStringSubmatch(resourceID)
-
-	for i := range matchNames {
-		if matchNames[i] == "rgname" {
-			return matches[i], nil
-		}
-	}
-
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("Invalid resource ID: %s", resourceID)
-}