diff --git a/pkg/controller/service/service_controller.go b/pkg/controller/service/service_controller.go
index 91204bad6d6..a0009126ce2 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/service/service_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/service/service_controller.go
@@ -311,6 +311,11 @@ func (s *ServiceController) syncLoadBalancerIfNeeded(service *v1.Service, key st
 			klog.V(2).Infof("Deleting existing load balancer for service %s", key)
 			s.eventRecorder.Event(service, v1.EventTypeNormal, "DeletingLoadBalancer", "Deleting load balancer")
 			if err := s.balancer.EnsureLoadBalancerDeleted(context.TODO(), s.clusterName, service); err != nil {
+				if err == cloudprovider.ImplementedElsewhere {
+					klog.V(3).Infof("LoadBalancer for service %s implemented by a different controller %s," +
+						"Ignoring error upon deletion", key, s.cloud.ProviderName())
+					return op, nil
+				}
 				return op, fmt.Errorf("failed to delete load balancer: %v", err)
 			}
 		}
@@ -340,7 +345,7 @@ func (s *ServiceController) syncLoadBalancerIfNeeded(service *v1.Service, key st
 		newStatus, err = s.ensureLoadBalancer(service)
 		if err != nil {
 			if err == cloudprovider.ImplementedElsewhere {
-				klog.Infof("LoadBalancer for service %s implemented by a different controller %s, Ignoring error",
+				klog.V(3).Infof("LoadBalancer for service %s implemented by a different controller %s, Ignoring error",
 					key, s.cloud.ProviderName())
 				return op, nil
 			}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/cloud.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/cloud.go
index 0131acc7fb6..c42160e25d6 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/cloud.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/cloud.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ type Routes interface {
 
 var (
 	DiskNotFound         = errors.New("disk is not found")
-	ImplementedElsewhere = errors.New("implemented by a different controller")
+	ImplementedElsewhere = errors.New("implemented by alternate to cloud provider")
 	InstanceNotFound     = errors.New("instance not found")
 	NotImplemented       = errors.New("unimplemented")
 )
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_alpha.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_alpha.go
index db31a9e74c4..d3e70b9153e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_alpha.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_alpha.go
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ const (
 	//
 	// alpha: v1.8 (for Services)
 	AlphaFeatureNetworkTiers = "NetworkTiers"
-	AlphaFeatureILBSubsets   = "ILBSubsets"
+	// AlphaFeatureILBSubsets allows InternalLoadBalancer services to include a subset
+	// of cluster nodes as backends instead of all nodes.
+	AlphaFeatureILBSubsets = "ILBSubsets"
 )
 
 // AlphaFeatureGate contains a mapping of alpha features to whether they are enabled
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go
index f6e1b1642ab..27b02ce2a2a 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 func (g *Cloud) usesSubsets() bool {
-       return g.AlphaFeatureGate != nil && g.AlphaFeatureGate.Enabled(AlphaFeatureILBSubsets)
- }
+	return g.AlphaFeatureGate != nil && g.AlphaFeatureGate.Enabled(AlphaFeatureILBSubsets)
+}
 
 func (g *Cloud) ensureInternalLoadBalancer(clusterName, clusterID string, svc *v1.Service, existingFwdRule *compute.ForwardingRule, nodes []*v1.Node) (*v1.LoadBalancerStatus, error) {
 	if g.usesSubsets() {