diff --git a/pkg/providers/v1/aws.go b/pkg/providers/v1/aws.go
index b1324cb01b..f3876b679c 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/v1/aws.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/v1/aws.go
@@ -4492,7 +4492,8 @@ func (c *Cloud) UpdateLoadBalancer(ctx context.Context, clusterName string, serv
 
 	err = c.ensureLoadBalancerInstances(aws.StringValue(lb.LoadBalancerName), lb.Instances, instances)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil
+		klog.Warningf("Error registering/deregistering instances with the load balancer: %q", err)
+		return err
 	}
 
 	err = c.updateInstanceSecurityGroupsForLoadBalancer(lb, instances, service.Annotations)