diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure.go
index 8ae82707ded..6d922892ab8 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure.go
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ type Cloud struct {
 	DisksClient              disk.DisksClient
 	operationPollRateLimiter flowcontrol.RateLimiter
 	resourceRequestBackoff   wait.Backoff
+	metadata                 *InstanceMetadata
 
 	*BlobDiskController
 	*ManagedDiskController
@@ -318,6 +319,8 @@ func NewCloud(configReader io.Reader) (cloudprovider.Interface, error) {
 			az.CloudProviderBackoffJitter)
 	}
 
+	az.metadata = NewInstanceMetadata()
+
 	if err := initDiskControllers(&az); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instance_metadata.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instance_metadata.go
index 7a418c46453..6d547e30de2 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instance_metadata.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instance_metadata.go
@@ -22,14 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 )
 
-// This is just for tests injection
-var metadataURL = "http://169.254.169.254/metadata"
-
-// SetMetadataURLForTesting is used to modify the URL used for
-// accessing the metadata server. Should only be used for testing!
-func SetMetadataURLForTesting(url string) {
-	metadataURL = url
-}
+const metadataURL = "http://169.254.169.254/metadata/"
 
 // NetworkMetadata contains metadata about an instance's network
 type NetworkMetadata struct {
@@ -61,9 +54,26 @@ type Subnet struct {
 	Prefix  string `json:"prefix"`
 }
 
+// InstanceMetadata represents access to the Azure instance metadata server.
+type InstanceMetadata struct {
+	baseURL string
+}
+
+// NewInstanceMetadata creates an instance of the InstanceMetadata accessor object.
+func NewInstanceMetadata() *InstanceMetadata {
+	return &InstanceMetadata{
+		baseURL: metadataURL,
+	}
+}
+
+// makeMetadataURL makes a complete metadata URL from the given path.
+func (i *InstanceMetadata) makeMetadataURL(path string) string {
+	return i.baseURL + path
+}
+
 // QueryMetadataJSON queries the metadata server and populates the passed in object
-func QueryMetadataJSON(path string, obj interface{}) error {
-	data, err := queryMetadataBytes(path, "json")
+func (i *InstanceMetadata) QueryMetadataJSON(path string, obj interface{}) error {
+	data, err := i.queryMetadataBytes(path, "json")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -71,18 +81,18 @@ func QueryMetadataJSON(path string, obj interface{}) error {
 }
 
 // QueryMetadataText queries the metadata server and returns the corresponding text
-func QueryMetadataText(path string) (string, error) {
-	data, err := queryMetadataBytes(path, "text")
+func (i *InstanceMetadata) QueryMetadataText(path string) (string, error) {
+	data, err := i.queryMetadataBytes(path, "text")
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	return string(data), err
 }
 
-func queryMetadataBytes(path, format string) ([]byte, error) {
+func (i *InstanceMetadata) queryMetadataBytes(path, format string) ([]byte, error) {
 	client := &http.Client{}
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", metadataURL+path, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", i.makeMetadataURL(path), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instances.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instances.go
index 4e61be23e03..c095d060c5b 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instances.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instances.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 // NodeAddresses returns the addresses of the specified instance.
 func (az *Cloud) NodeAddresses(name types.NodeName) ([]v1.NodeAddress, error) {
 	if az.UseInstanceMetadata {
-		text, err := QueryMetadataText("instance/network/interface/0/ipv4/ipAddress/0/privateIpAddress")
+		text, err := az.metadata.QueryMetadataText("instance/network/interface/0/ipv4/ipAddress/0/privateIpAddress")
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_test.go
index 9b9050579eb..8f6b64aa3e7 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_test.go
@@ -821,6 +821,14 @@ func TestSplitProviderID(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestMetadataURLGeneration(t *testing.T) {
+	metadata := NewInstanceMetadata()
+	fullPath := metadata.makeMetadataURL("some/path")
+	if fullPath != "http://169.254.169.254/metadata/some/path" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected http://169.254.169.254/metadata/some/path saw %s", fullPath)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMetadataParsing(t *testing.T) {
 	data := `
 {
@@ -866,10 +874,12 @@ func TestMetadataParsing(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 	defer server.Close()
 
-	SetMetadataURLForTesting(server.URL)
+	metadata := &InstanceMetadata{
+		baseURL: server.URL,
+	}
 
 	networkJSON := NetworkMetadata{}
-	if err := QueryMetadataJSON("/some/path", &networkJSON); err != nil {
+	if err := metadata.QueryMetadataJSON("/some/path", &networkJSON); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}