diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/cloud.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/cloud.go
index 9a60e5490e6..00479e9c5a0 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/cloud.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/cloud.go
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ type Routes interface {
 var (
 	InstanceNotFound = errors.New("instance not found")
 	DiskNotFound     = errors.New("disk is not found")
+	NotImplemented   = errors.New("unimplemented")
 )
 
 // Zone represents the location of a particular machine.
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
index 6a8df0e3ea5..65c360f7e09 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ func newEc2Filter(name string, values ...string) *ec2.Filter {
 
 // AddSSHKeyToAllInstances is currently not implemented.
 func (c *Cloud) AddSSHKeyToAllInstances(user string, keyData []byte) error {
-	return errors.New("unimplemented")
+	return cloudprovider.NotImplemented
 }
 
 // CurrentNodeName returns the name of the current node
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ func (c *Cloud) ExternalID(nodeName types.NodeName) (string, error) {
 // InstanceExistsByProviderID returns true if the instance with the given provider id still exists and is running.
 // If false is returned with no error, the instance will be immediately deleted by the cloud controller manager.
 func (c *Cloud) InstanceExistsByProviderID(providerID string) (bool, error) {
-	return false, errors.New("unimplemented")
+	return false, cloudprovider.NotImplemented
 }
 
 // InstanceID returns the cloud provider ID of the node with the specified nodeName.
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instances.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instances.go
index 3d9d6447550..ea85388ca4a 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instances.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_instances.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package azure
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ func (az *Cloud) ExternalID(name types.NodeName) (string, error) {
 // InstanceExistsByProviderID returns true if the instance with the given provider id still exists and is running.
 // If false is returned with no error, the instance will be immediately deleted by the cloud controller manager.
 func (az *Cloud) InstanceExistsByProviderID(providerID string) (bool, error) {
-	return false, errors.New("unimplemented")
+	return false, cloudprovider.NotImplemented
 }
 
 func (az *Cloud) isCurrentInstance(name types.NodeName) (bool, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/fake/fake.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/fake/fake.go
index f35f244ddba..5efc09a11bf 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/fake/fake.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/fake/fake.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package fake
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"regexp"
@@ -191,7 +190,7 @@ func (f *FakeCloud) EnsureLoadBalancerDeleted(clusterName string, service *v1.Se
 }
 
 func (f *FakeCloud) AddSSHKeyToAllInstances(user string, keyData []byte) error {
-	return errors.New("unimplemented")
+	return cloudprovider.NotImplemented
 }
 
 // Implementation of Instances.CurrentNodeName
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_instances.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_instances.go
index 0d551a29dd0..f55b06d6c40 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_instances.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_instances.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package gce
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
@@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ func (gce *GCECloud) ExternalID(nodeName types.NodeName) (string, error) {
 // InstanceExistsByProviderID returns true if the instance with the given provider id still exists and is running.
 // If false is returned with no error, the instance will be immediately deleted by the cloud controller manager.
 func (gce *GCECloud) InstanceExistsByProviderID(providerID string) (bool, error) {
-	return false, errors.New("unimplemented")
+	return false, cloudprovider.NotImplemented
 }
 
 // InstanceID returns the cloud provider ID of the node with the specified NodeName.
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_instances.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_instances.go
index 1020ad7228a..68876de57fd 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_instances.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_instances.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package openstack
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ func (i *Instances) CurrentNodeName(hostname string) (types.NodeName, error) {
 }
 
 func (i *Instances) AddSSHKeyToAllInstances(user string, keyData []byte) error {
-	return errors.New("unimplemented")
+	return cloudprovider.NotImplemented
 }
 
 func (i *Instances) NodeAddresses(name types.NodeName) ([]v1.NodeAddress, error) {
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ func (i *Instances) ExternalID(name types.NodeName) (string, error) {
 // InstanceExistsByProviderID returns true if the instance with the given provider id still exists and is running.
 // If false is returned with no error, the instance will be immediately deleted by the cloud controller manager.
 func (i *Instances) InstanceExistsByProviderID(providerID string) (bool, error) {
-	return false, errors.New("unimplemented")
+	return false, cloudprovider.NotImplemented
 }
 
 // InstanceID returns the kubelet's cloud provider ID.
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/ovirt/ovirt.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/ovirt/ovirt.go
index d2559794126..e688257ad87 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/ovirt/ovirt.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/ovirt/ovirt.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package ovirt
 
 import (
 	"encoding/xml"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -192,7 +191,7 @@ func (v *OVirtCloud) NodeAddresses(nodeName types.NodeName) ([]v1.NodeAddress, e
 // This method will not be called from the node that is requesting this ID. i.e. metadata service
 // and other local methods cannot be used here
 func (v *OVirtCloud) NodeAddressesByProviderID(providerID string) ([]v1.NodeAddress, error) {
-	return []v1.NodeAddress{}, errors.New("unimplemented")
+	return []v1.NodeAddress{}, cloudprovider.NotImplemented
 }
 
 // mapNodeNameToInstanceName maps from a k8s NodeName to an ovirt instance name (the hostname)
@@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ func (v *OVirtCloud) ExternalID(nodeName types.NodeName) (string, error) {
 // InstanceExistsByProviderID returns true if the instance with the given provider id still exists and is running.
 // If false is returned with no error, the instance will be immediately deleted by the cloud controller manager.
 func (v *OVirtCloud) InstanceExistsByProviderID(providerID string) (bool, error) {
-	return false, errors.New("unimplemented")
+	return false, cloudprovider.NotImplemented
 }
 
 // InstanceID returns the cloud provider ID of the node with the specified NodeName.
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@ func (v *OVirtCloud) InstanceID(nodeName types.NodeName) (string, error) {
 // This method will not be called from the node that is requesting this ID. i.e. metadata service
 // and other local methods cannot be used here
 func (v *OVirtCloud) InstanceTypeByProviderID(providerID string) (string, error) {
-	return "", errors.New("unimplemented")
+	return "", cloudprovider.NotImplemented
 }
 
 // InstanceType returns the type of the specified instance.
@@ -321,5 +320,5 @@ func (v *OVirtCloud) CurrentNodeName(hostname string) (types.NodeName, error) {
 }
 
 func (v *OVirtCloud) AddSSHKeyToAllInstances(user string, keyData []byte) error {
-	return errors.New("unimplemented")
+	return cloudprovider.NotImplemented
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/photon/photon.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/photon/photon.go
index 392c4313392..0abb8149fa0 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/photon/photon.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/photon/photon.go
@@ -421,11 +421,11 @@ func (pc *PCCloud) NodeAddresses(nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) ([]v1.NodeAddress,
 // This method will not be called from the node that is requesting this ID. i.e. metadata service
 // and other local methods cannot be used here
 func (pc *PCCloud) NodeAddressesByProviderID(providerID string) ([]v1.NodeAddress, error) {
-	return []v1.NodeAddress{}, errors.New("unimplemented")
+	return []v1.NodeAddress{}, cloudprovider.NotImplemented
 }
 
 func (pc *PCCloud) AddSSHKeyToAllInstances(user string, keyData []byte) error {
-	return errors.New("unimplemented")
+	return cloudprovider.NotImplemented
 }
 
 func (pc *PCCloud) CurrentNodeName(hostname string) (k8stypes.NodeName, error) {
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ func (pc *PCCloud) ExternalID(nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (string, error) {
 // InstanceExistsByProviderID returns true if the instance with the given provider id still exists and is running.
 // If false is returned with no error, the instance will be immediately deleted by the cloud controller manager.
 func (pc *PCCloud) InstanceExistsByProviderID(providerID string) (bool, error) {
-	return false, errors.New("unimplemented")
+	return false, cloudprovider.NotImplemented
 }
 
 // InstanceID returns the cloud provider ID of the specified instance.
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ func (pc *PCCloud) InstanceID(nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (string, error) {
 // This method will not be called from the node that is requesting this ID. i.e. metadata service
 // and other local methods cannot be used here
 func (pc *PCCloud) InstanceTypeByProviderID(providerID string) (string, error) {
-	return "", errors.New("unimplemented")
+	return "", cloudprovider.NotImplemented
 }
 
 func (pc *PCCloud) InstanceType(nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (string, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
index 47379f4139d..b8968357791 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ func (vs *VSphere) NodeAddressesByProviderID(providerID string) ([]v1.NodeAddres
 
 // AddSSHKeyToAllInstances add SSH key to all instances
 func (vs *VSphere) AddSSHKeyToAllInstances(user string, keyData []byte) error {
-	return errors.New("unimplemented")
+	return cloudprovider.NotImplemented
 }
 
 // CurrentNodeName gives the current node name
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ func (vs *VSphere) ExternalID(nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (string, error) {
 // InstanceExistsByProviderID returns true if the instance with the given provider id still exists and is running.
 // If false is returned with no error, the instance will be immediately deleted by the cloud controller manager.
 func (vs *VSphere) InstanceExistsByProviderID(providerID string) (bool, error) {
-	return false, errors.New("unimplemented")
+	return false, cloudprovider.NotImplemented
 }
 
 // InstanceID returns the cloud provider ID of the node with the specified Name.