diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/node/node_controller.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/node/node_controller.go
index 25e6ba41526..b0ea2240fea 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/node/node_controller.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/node/node_controller.go
@@ -163,7 +163,12 @@ func (cnc *CloudNodeController) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 	// The periodic loop for updateNodeStatus communicates with the APIServer with a worst case complexity
 	// of O(num_nodes) per cycle. These functions are justified here because these events fire
 	// very infrequently. DO NOT MODIFY this to perform frequent operations.
-	go wait.Until(func() { cnc.UpdateNodeStatus(context.TODO()) }, cnc.nodeStatusUpdateFrequency, stopCh)
+	go wait.Until(func() {
+		if err := cnc.UpdateNodeStatus(context.TODO()); err != nil {
+			klog.Errorf("failed to update node status: %v", err)
+		}
+	}, cnc.nodeStatusUpdateFrequency, stopCh)
+
 	go wait.Until(cnc.runWorker, time.Second, stopCh)
 
 	<-stopCh
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/route/route_controller.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/route/route_controller.go
index 028ba04b77f..65f18fc41b0 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/route/route_controller.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/route/route_controller.go
@@ -268,7 +268,9 @@ func (rc *RouteController) reconcile(ctx context.Context, nodes []*v1.Node, rout
 			go func(n *v1.Node) {
 				defer wg.Done()
 				klog.Infof("node %v has no routes assigned to it. NodeNetworkUnavailable will be set to true", n.Name)
-				rc.updateNetworkingCondition(n, false)
+				if err := rc.updateNetworkingCondition(n, false); err != nil {
+					klog.Errorf("failed to update networking condition when no nodeRoutes: %v", err)
+				}
 			}(node)
 			continue
 		}
@@ -282,7 +284,9 @@ func (rc *RouteController) reconcile(ctx context.Context, nodes []*v1.Node, rout
 		}
 		go func(n *v1.Node) {
 			defer wg.Done()
-			rc.updateNetworkingCondition(n, allRoutesCreated)
+			if err := rc.updateNetworkingCondition(n, allRoutesCreated); err != nil {
+				klog.Errorf("failed to update networking condition: %v", err)
+			}
 		}(node)
 	}
 	wg.Wait()