diff --git a/pkg/providers/v1/aws.go b/pkg/providers/v1/aws.go
index 73310f6a23..19890348f5 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/v1/aws.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/v1/aws.go
@@ -4100,13 +4100,13 @@ func (c *Cloud) EnsureLoadBalancer(ctx context.Context, clusterName string, apiS
 
 	if isNLB(annotations) {
 		// Find the subnets that the ELB will live in
-		subnetIDs, err := c.getLoadBalancerSubnets(apiService, internalELB)
+		discoveredSubnetIDs, err := c.getLoadBalancerSubnets(apiService, internalELB)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Errorf("Error listing subnets in VPC: %q", err)
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		// Bail out early if there are no subnets
-		if len(subnetIDs) == 0 {
+		if len(discoveredSubnetIDs) == 0 {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find any suitable subnets for creating the ELB")
 		}
 
@@ -4123,7 +4123,7 @@ func (c *Cloud) EnsureLoadBalancer(ctx context.Context, clusterName string, apiS
 			loadBalancerName,
 			v2Mappings,
 			instanceIDs,
-			subnetIDs,
+			discoveredSubnetIDs,
 			internalELB,
 			annotations,
 		)
@@ -4131,7 +4131,16 @@ func (c *Cloud) EnsureLoadBalancer(ctx context.Context, clusterName string, apiS
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		subnetCidrs, err := c.getSubnetCidrs(subnetIDs)
+		// try to get the ensured subnets of the LBs from AZs
+		var ensuredSubnetIDs []string
+		var subnetCidrs []string
+		for _, az := range v2LoadBalancer.AvailabilityZones {
+			ensuredSubnetIDs = append(ensuredSubnetIDs, *az.SubnetId)
+		}
+		if len(ensuredSubnetIDs) == 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("did not find ensured subnets on LB %s", loadBalancerName)
+		}
+		subnetCidrs, err = c.getSubnetCidrs(ensuredSubnetIDs)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Errorf("Error getting subnet cidrs: %q", err)
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/providers/v1/aws_loadbalancer.go b/pkg/providers/v1/aws_loadbalancer.go
index 964a47bb37..ce61350637 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/v1/aws_loadbalancer.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/v1/aws_loadbalancer.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func getKeyValuePropertiesFromAnnotation(annotations map[string]string, annotati
 }
 
 // ensureLoadBalancerv2 ensures a v2 load balancer is created
-func (c *Cloud) ensureLoadBalancerv2(namespacedName types.NamespacedName, loadBalancerName string, mappings []nlbPortMapping, instanceIDs, subnetIDs []string, internalELB bool, annotations map[string]string) (*elbv2.LoadBalancer, error) {
+func (c *Cloud) ensureLoadBalancerv2(namespacedName types.NamespacedName, loadBalancerName string, mappings []nlbPortMapping, instanceIDs, discoveredSubnetIDs []string, internalELB bool, annotations map[string]string) (*elbv2.LoadBalancer, error) {
 	loadBalancer, err := c.describeLoadBalancerv2(loadBalancerName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -165,14 +165,14 @@ func (c *Cloud) ensureLoadBalancerv2(namespacedName types.NamespacedName, loadBa
 		var allocationIDs []string
 		if eipList, present := annotations[ServiceAnnotationLoadBalancerEIPAllocations]; present {
 			allocationIDs = strings.Split(eipList, ",")
-			if len(allocationIDs) != len(subnetIDs) {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating load balancer: Must have same number of EIP AllocationIDs (%d) and SubnetIDs (%d)", len(allocationIDs), len(subnetIDs))
+			if len(allocationIDs) != len(discoveredSubnetIDs) {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating load balancer: Must have same number of EIP AllocationIDs (%d) and SubnetIDs (%d)", len(allocationIDs), len(discoveredSubnetIDs))
 			}
 		}
 
 		// We are supposed to specify one subnet per AZ.
 		// TODO: What happens if we have more than one subnet per AZ?
-		createRequest.SubnetMappings = createSubnetMappings(subnetIDs, allocationIDs)
+		createRequest.SubnetMappings = createSubnetMappings(discoveredSubnetIDs, allocationIDs)
 
 		for k, v := range tags {
 			createRequest.Tags = append(createRequest.Tags, &elbv2.Tag{
diff --git a/pkg/providers/v1/aws_test.go b/pkg/providers/v1/aws_test.go
index 40b5e4a837..94717b9187 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/v1/aws_test.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/v1/aws_test.go
@@ -2776,6 +2776,12 @@ func (m *MockedFakeELBV2) CreateLoadBalancer(request *elbv2.CreateLoadBalancerIn
 		LoadBalancerName: request.Name,
 		Type:             aws.String(elbv2.LoadBalancerTypeEnumNetwork),
 		VpcId:            aws.String("vpc-abc123def456abc78"),
+		AvailabilityZones: []*elbv2.AvailabilityZone{
+			{
+				ZoneName: aws.String("us-west-2a"),
+				SubnetId: aws.String("subnet-abc123de"),
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	m.LoadBalancers = append(m.LoadBalancers, newLB)