diff --git a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go
index 4f135963c746..846420a1c038 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ func (nc *Controller) monitorNodeHealth() error {
 				nodeutil.RecordNodeStatusChange(nc.recorder, node, "NodeNotReady")
 				fallthrough
 			case needsRetry && observedReadyCondition.Status != v1.ConditionTrue:
-				if err = nodeutil.MarkPodsNotReady(nc.kubeClient, pods, node.Name); err != nil {
+				if err = nodeutil.MarkPodsNotReady(nc.kubeClient, nc.recorder, pods, node.Name); err != nil {
 					utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("unable to mark all pods NotReady on node %v: %v; queuing for retry", node.Name, err))
 					nc.nodesToRetry.Store(node.Name, struct{}{})
 					continue
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ func (nc *Controller) processPod(podItem podUpdateItem) {
 	}
 
 	if currentReadyCondition.Status != v1.ConditionTrue {
-		if err := nodeutil.MarkPodsNotReady(nc.kubeClient, pods, nodeName); err != nil {
+		if err := nodeutil.MarkPodsNotReady(nc.kubeClient, nc.recorder, pods, nodeName); err != nil {
 			klog.Warningf("Unable to mark pod %+v NotReady on node %v: %v.", podItem, nodeName, err)
 			nc.podUpdateQueue.AddRateLimited(podItem)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/util/node/controller_utils.go b/pkg/controller/util/node/controller_utils.go
index ffcdd654dac9..9cf1de2cf6d7 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/util/node/controller_utils.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/util/node/controller_utils.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func SetPodTerminationReason(kubeClient clientset.Interface, pod *v1.Pod, nodeNa
 
 // MarkPodsNotReady updates ready status of given pods running on
 // given node from master return true if success
-func MarkPodsNotReady(kubeClient clientset.Interface, pods []*v1.Pod, nodeName string) error {
+func MarkPodsNotReady(kubeClient clientset.Interface, recorder record.EventRecorder, pods []*v1.Pod, nodeName string) error {
 	klog.V(2).Infof("Update ready status of pods on node [%v]", nodeName)
 
 	errMsg := []string{}
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ func MarkPodsNotReady(kubeClient clientset.Interface, pods []*v1.Pod, nodeName s
 				if !utilpod.UpdatePodCondition(&pod.Status, &cond) {
 					break
 				}
+
 				klog.V(2).Infof("Updating ready status of pod %v to false", pod.Name)
 				_, err := kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(pod.Namespace).UpdateStatus(context.TODO(), pod, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
 				if err != nil {
@@ -147,6 +148,8 @@ func MarkPodsNotReady(kubeClient clientset.Interface, pods []*v1.Pod, nodeName s
 					klog.Warningf("Failed to update status for pod %q: %v", format.Pod(pod), err)
 					errMsg = append(errMsg, fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
 				}
+				// record NodeNotReady event after updateStatus to make sure pod still exists
+				recorder.Event(pod, v1.EventTypeWarning, "NodeNotReady", "Node is not ready")
 				break
 			}
 		}