diff --git a/pkg/controller/nodeipam/node_ipam_controller.go b/pkg/controller/nodeipam/node_ipam_controller.go
index 4d45845cf817..4c3f55575d49 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/nodeipam/node_ipam_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/nodeipam/node_ipam_controller.go
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ func NewNodeIpamController(
 	eventBroadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
 	eventBroadcaster.StartLogging(glog.Infof)
 
-	glog.V(0).Infof("Sending events to api server.")
+	glog.Infof("Sending events to api server.")
 	eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(
 		&v1core.EventSinkImpl{
 			Interface: kubeClient.CoreV1().Events(""),
 		})
 
-	if kubeClient != nil && kubeClient.CoreV1().RESTClient().GetRateLimiter() != nil {
+	if kubeClient.CoreV1().RESTClient().GetRateLimiter() != nil {
 		metrics.RegisterMetricAndTrackRateLimiterUsage("node_ipam_controller", kubeClient.CoreV1().RESTClient().GetRateLimiter())
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go
index 2dbf4973b24c..431296a50d50 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func NewNodeLifecycleController(
 			Interface: v1core.New(kubeClient.CoreV1().RESTClient()).Events(""),
 		})
 
-	if kubeClient != nil && kubeClient.CoreV1().RESTClient().GetRateLimiter() != nil {
+	if kubeClient.CoreV1().RESTClient().GetRateLimiter() != nil {
 		metrics.RegisterMetricAndTrackRateLimiterUsage("node_lifecycle_controller", kubeClient.CoreV1().RESTClient().GetRateLimiter())
 	}