diff --git a/hosts/hosts.go b/hosts/hosts.go
index 0bfa6311..952f417e 100644
--- a/hosts/hosts.go
+++ b/hosts/hosts.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/k8s"
 	"github.com/rancher/types/apis/cluster.cattle.io/v1"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 )
 
@@ -56,13 +57,19 @@ func (h *Host) CleanUp() error {
 
 func DeleteNode(toDeleteHost *Host, kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset) error {
 	logrus.Infof("[hosts] Cordoning host [%s]", toDeleteHost.Address)
-	err := k8s.CordonUncordon(kubeClient, toDeleteHost.HostnameOverride, true)
-	if err != nil {
+	if _, err := k8s.GetNode(kubeClient, toDeleteHost.HostnameOverride); err != nil {
+		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			logrus.Warnf("[hosts] Can't find node by name [%s]", toDeleteHost.Address)
+			return nil
+		}
+		return err
+
+	}
+	if err := k8s.CordonUncordon(kubeClient, toDeleteHost.HostnameOverride, true); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	logrus.Infof("[hosts] Deleting host [%s] from the cluster", toDeleteHost.Address)
-	err = k8s.DeleteNode(kubeClient, toDeleteHost.HostnameOverride)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := k8s.DeleteNode(kubeClient, toDeleteHost.HostnameOverride); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	logrus.Infof("[hosts] Successfully deleted host [%s] from the cluster", toDeleteHost.Address)
diff --git a/k8s/node.go b/k8s/node.go
index 1de6d41e..818cc006 100644
--- a/k8s/node.go
+++ b/k8s/node.go
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ func GetNodeList(k8sClient *kubernetes.Clientset) (*v1.NodeList, error) {
 	return k8sClient.CoreV1().Nodes().List(metav1.ListOptions{})
 }
 
+func GetNode(k8sClient *kubernetes.Clientset, nodeName string) (*v1.Node, error) {
+	return k8sClient.CoreV1().Nodes().Get(nodeName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+}
 func CordonUncordon(k8sClient *kubernetes.Clientset, nodeName string, cordoned bool) error {
 	updated := false
 	for retries := 0; retries <= 5; retries++ {