diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 46034ff756e..2bd35b96611 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -1905,7 +1905,9 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) SyncPod(ctx context.Context, updateType kubetypes.SyncPodType
 		}
 		if mirrorPod == nil || deleted {
 			node, err := kl.GetNode()
-			if err != nil || node.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
+			if err != nil {
+				klog.V(4).ErrorS(err, "No need to create a mirror pod, since failed to get node info from the cluster", "node", klog.KRef("", string(kl.nodeName)))
+			} else if node.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
 				klog.V(4).InfoS("No need to create a mirror pod, since node has been removed from the cluster", "node", klog.KRef("", string(kl.nodeName)))
 			} else {
 				klog.V(4).InfoS("Creating a mirror pod for static pod", "pod", klog.KObj(pod))