diff --git a/controllers/gce/instances/instances.go b/controllers/gce/instances/instances.go
index c8279b3c6..1fa21cba5 100644
--- a/controllers/gce/instances/instances.go
+++ b/controllers/gce/instances/instances.go
@@ -101,9 +101,12 @@ func (i *Instances) DeleteInstanceGroup(name string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	for _, zone := range zones {
-		glog.Infof("Deleting instance group %v in zone %v", name, zone)
 		if err := i.cloud.DeleteInstanceGroup(name, zone); err != nil {
-			errs = append(errs, err)
+			if !utils.IsHTTPErrorCode(err, http.StatusNotFound) {
+				errs = append(errs, err)
+			}
+		} else {
+			glog.Infof("Deleted instance group %v in zone %v", name, zone)
 		}
 	}
 	if len(errs) == 0 {