diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/nodepools/oci_manager.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/nodepools/oci_manager.go
index 5e269e32f5d4..6e249a5fb6a2 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/nodepools/oci_manager.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/nodepools/oci_manager.go
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ func (m *ociManagerImpl) GetNodePoolNodes(np NodePool) ([]cloudprovider.Instance
 			instances = append(instances, cloudprovider.Instance{
 				Id: *node.Id,
 				Status: &cloudprovider.InstanceStatus{
+					State: cloudprovider.InstanceCreating,
 					ErrorInfo: &cloudprovider.InstanceErrorInfo{
 						ErrorClass:   errorClass,
 						ErrorCode:    *node.NodeError.Code,
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/nodepools/oci_manager_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/nodepools/oci_manager_test.go
index ef12951d9ca4..838d0ce199d1 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/nodepools/oci_manager_test.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/nodepools/oci_manager_test.go
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ func TestGetNodePoolNodes(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			Id: "node6",
 			Status: &cloudprovider.InstanceStatus{
+				State: cloudprovider.InstanceCreating,
 				ErrorInfo: &cloudprovider.InstanceErrorInfo{
 					ErrorClass:   cloudprovider.OtherErrorClass,
 					ErrorCode:    "unknown",
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ func TestGetNodePoolNodes(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			Id: "node7",
 			Status: &cloudprovider.InstanceStatus{
+				State: cloudprovider.InstanceCreating,
 				ErrorInfo: &cloudprovider.InstanceErrorInfo{
 					ErrorClass:   cloudprovider.OutOfResourcesErrorClass,
 					ErrorCode:    "LimitExceeded",
@@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ func TestGetNodePoolNodes(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			Id: "node8",
 			Status: &cloudprovider.InstanceStatus{
+				State: cloudprovider.InstanceCreating,
 				ErrorInfo: &cloudprovider.InstanceErrorInfo{
 					ErrorClass:   cloudprovider.OutOfResourcesErrorClass,
 					ErrorCode:    "InternalServerError",