diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure.go
index d567db56cdb..9f9da917bad 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure.go
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func NewCloud(configReader io.Reader) (cloudprovider.Interface, error) {
 		unmanagedNodes:     sets.NewString(),
 		routeCIDRs:         map[string]string{},
 	}
-	err = az.initializeCloudFromConfig(config, false)
+	err = az.InitializeCloudFromConfig(config, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ func NewCloud(configReader io.Reader) (cloudprovider.Interface, error) {
 	return az, nil
 }
 
-// initializeCloudFromConfig initializes the Cloud from config.
-func (az *Cloud) initializeCloudFromConfig(config *Config, fromSecret bool) error {
+// InitializeCloudFromConfig initializes the Cloud from config.
+func (az *Cloud) InitializeCloudFromConfig(config *Config, fromSecret bool) error {
 	// cloud-config not set, return nil so that it would be initialized from secret.
 	if config == nil {
 		klog.Warning("cloud-config is not provided, Azure cloud provider would be initialized from secret")
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ func (az *Cloud) Initialize(clientBuilder cloudprovider.ControllerClientBuilder,
 	az.eventBroadcaster = record.NewBroadcaster()
 	az.eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: az.kubeClient.CoreV1().Events("")})
 	az.eventRecorder = az.eventBroadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "azure-cloud-provider"})
-	az.initializeCloudFromSecret()
+	az.InitializeCloudFromSecret()
 }
 
 // LoadBalancer returns a balancer interface. Also returns true if the interface is supported, false otherwise.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_config.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_config.go
index bdc9474e1c6..a0273befb6e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_config.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_config.go
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ const (
 	secretOverrideTypeCan  secretOverrideType = "can"
 )
 
-func (az *Cloud) initializeCloudFromSecret() {
+// InitializeCloudFromSecret initializes Azure cloud provider from Kubernetes secret.
+func (az *Cloud) InitializeCloudFromSecret() {
 	config, err := az.getConfigFromSecret()
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Warningf("Failed to get cloud-config from secret: %v, skip initializing from secret", err)
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ func (az *Cloud) initializeCloudFromSecret() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if err := az.initializeCloudFromConfig(config, true); err != nil {
+	if err := az.InitializeCloudFromConfig(config, true); err != nil {
 		klog.Errorf("Failed to initialize Azure cloud provider: %v", err)
 	}
 }