diff --git a/pkg/controller/node/node_controller.go b/pkg/controller/node/node_controller.go
index 335345c7f8d..4b48ea26ed1 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/node/node_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/node/node_controller.go
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ func NewNodeController(
 	}
 
 	if nc.runTaintManager {
+		nc.taintManager = scheduler.NewNoExecuteTaintManager(kubeClient)
 		nodeInformer.Informer().AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 			AddFunc: util.CreateAddNodeHandler(func(node *v1.Node) error {
 				nc.taintManager.NodeUpdated(nil, node)
@@ -390,7 +391,6 @@ func NewNodeController(
 				return nil
 			}),
 		})
-		nc.taintManager = scheduler.NewNoExecuteTaintManager(kubeClient)
 	}
 
 	if nc.taintNodeByCondition {