diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/app/controllermanager.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/app/controllermanager.go
index 82d9ab2da1c..945ba2bf1d5 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/app/controllermanager.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/app/controllermanager.go
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ func startControllers(cloud cloudprovider.Interface, ctx genericcontrollermanage
 	}
 
 	c.SharedInformers.Start(stopCh)
+	ctx.InformerFactory.Start(ctx.Stop)
 
 	select {}
 }