diff --git a/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/pools.py b/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/pools.py
index 4ddf818be..3fb6cfb0b 100644
--- a/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/pools.py
+++ b/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/pools.py
@@ -790,6 +790,7 @@ class Scaleset(BASE_SCALESET, ORMMixin):
                     "no longer in scaleset: %s:%s", self.scaleset_id, node.machine_id
                 )
                 node.delete()
+        nodes = [x for x in nodes if x.machine_id in azure_nodes]
 
         nodes_to_reset = [x for x in nodes if x.state in NodeState.ready_for_reset()]