diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/core/static_autoscaler.go b/cluster-autoscaler/core/static_autoscaler.go
index 365bc8526f96..1bc5376cdc65 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/core/static_autoscaler.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/core/static_autoscaler.go
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ func (a *StaticAutoscaler) RunOnce(currentTime time.Time) caerrors.AutoscalerErr
 		return scaleUpStart
 	}
 
-	postScaleUp := func(scaleUpStart time.Time) (bool, caerrors.AutoscalerError) {
+	postScaleUp := func(scaleUpStart time.Time) {
 		metrics.UpdateDurationFromStart(metrics.ScaleUp, scaleUpStart)
 
 		if a.processors != nil && a.processors.ScaleUpStatusProcessor != nil {
@@ -509,15 +509,13 @@ func (a *StaticAutoscaler) RunOnce(currentTime time.Time) caerrors.AutoscalerErr
 
 		if typedErr != nil {
 			klog.Errorf("Failed to scale up: %v", typedErr)
-			return true, typedErr
+			return
 		}
 		if scaleUpStatus.Result == status.ScaleUpSuccessful {
 			a.lastScaleUpTime = currentTime
 			// No scale down in this iteration.
 			scaleDownStatus.Result = scaledownstatus.ScaleDownInCooldown
-			return true, nil
 		}
-		return false, nil
 	}
 
 	shouldScaleUp := true
@@ -557,9 +555,7 @@ func (a *StaticAutoscaler) RunOnce(currentTime time.Time) caerrors.AutoscalerErr
 	if shouldScaleUp || a.processors.ScaleUpEnforcer.ShouldForceScaleUp(unschedulablePodsToHelp) {
 		scaleUpStart := preScaleUp()
 		scaleUpStatus, typedErr = a.scaleUpOrchestrator.ScaleUp(unschedulablePodsToHelp, readyNodes, daemonsets, nodeInfosForGroups, false)
-		if exit, err := postScaleUp(scaleUpStart); exit {
-			return err
-		}
+		postScaleUp(scaleUpStart)
 	}
 
 	if a.ScaleDownEnabled {
@@ -664,9 +660,7 @@ func (a *StaticAutoscaler) RunOnce(currentTime time.Time) caerrors.AutoscalerErr
 	if a.EnforceNodeGroupMinSize {
 		scaleUpStart := preScaleUp()
 		scaleUpStatus, typedErr = a.scaleUpOrchestrator.ScaleUpToNodeGroupMinSize(readyNodes, nodeInfosForGroups)
-		if exit, err := postScaleUp(scaleUpStart); exit {
-			return err
-		}
+		postScaleUp(scaleUpStart)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/core/static_autoscaler_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/core/static_autoscaler_test.go
index 27f2aa89f274..58bd01eb5c0a 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/core/static_autoscaler_test.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/core/static_autoscaler_test.go
@@ -847,6 +847,7 @@ func TestStaticAutoscalerRunOnceWithAutoprovisionedEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 	daemonSetListerMock.On("List", labels.Everything()).Return([]*appsv1.DaemonSet{}, nil).Once()
 	onNodeGroupCreateMock.On("Create", "autoprovisioned-TN2").Return(nil).Once()
 	onScaleUpMock.On("ScaleUp", "autoprovisioned-TN2", 1).Return(nil).Once()
+	onNodeGroupDeleteMock.On("Delete", "autoprovisioned-TN1").Return(nil).Once()
 
 	err = autoscaler.RunOnce(time.Now().Add(time.Hour))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -878,8 +879,7 @@ func TestStaticAutoscalerRunOnceWithAutoprovisionedEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 	allPodListerMock.On("List").Return([]*apiv1.Pod{p1}, nil).Twice()
 	podDisruptionBudgetListerMock.On("List").Return([]*policyv1.PodDisruptionBudget{}, nil).Once()
 	daemonSetListerMock.On("List", labels.Everything()).Return([]*appsv1.DaemonSet{}, nil).Once()
-	onNodeGroupDeleteMock.On("Delete", "autoprovisioned-"+
-		"TN1").Return(nil).Once()
+	onNodeGroupDeleteMock.On("Delete", "autoprovisioned-TN1").Return(nil).Once()
 	onScaleDownMock.On("ScaleDown", "autoprovisioned-TN2", "n2").Return(nil).Once()
 
 	err = autoscaler.RunOnce(time.Now().Add(2 * time.Hour))