diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_managedDiskController.go b/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_managedDiskController.go
index 3a48df20b503..06ae4dfb3620 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_managedDiskController.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_managedDiskController.go
@@ -313,6 +313,14 @@ func (c *Cloud) GetAzureDiskLabels(diskURI string) (map[string]string, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	labels := map[string]string{
+		v1.LabelZoneRegion: c.Location,
+	}
+	// no azure credential is set, return nil
+	if c.DisksClient == nil {
+		return labels, nil
+	}
+
 	// Get information of the disk.
 	ctx, cancel := getContextWithCancel()
 	defer cancel()
@@ -325,7 +333,7 @@ func (c *Cloud) GetAzureDiskLabels(diskURI string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	// Check whether availability zone is specified.
 	if disk.Zones == nil || len(*disk.Zones) == 0 {
 		klog.V(4).Infof("Azure disk %q is not zoned", diskName)
-		return nil, nil
+		return labels, nil
 	}
 
 	zones := *disk.Zones
@@ -336,9 +344,7 @@ func (c *Cloud) GetAzureDiskLabels(diskURI string) (map[string]string, error) {
 
 	zone := c.makeZone(c.Location, zoneID)
 	klog.V(4).Infof("Got zone %q for Azure disk %q", zone, diskName)
-	labels := map[string]string{
-		v1.LabelZoneRegion:        c.Location,
-		v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain: zone,
-	}
+	labels[v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain] = zone
+
 	return labels, nil
 }