diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8e1e7769..155f92ad 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ func main() {
 	controllerInitializers := app.DefaultInitFuncConstructors
 
 	fss := cliflag.NamedFlagSets{}
+	harv := fss.FlagSet("harvester")
+	harv.BoolVar(&ccm.DisableVMIController, "disable-vmi-controller", ccm.DisableVMIController,
+		"The disable-vmi-controller will disable sync topology to nodes and not affect the custom cluster.")
 
 	command := app.NewCloudControllerManagerCommand(ccmOptions, cloudInitializer, controllerInitializers, fss, wait.NeverStop)
 
diff --git a/pkg/cloud-controller-manager/ccm.go b/pkg/cloud-controller-manager/ccm.go
index 263f0955..f9f7d290 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud-controller-manager/ccm.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud-controller-manager/ccm.go
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ const (
 	threadiness = 2
 )
 
+var DisableVMIController bool
+
 type CloudProvider struct {
 	localCoreFactory *ctlcore.Factory
 	lbFactory        *ctllb.Factory
@@ -114,15 +116,17 @@ func newCloudProvider(reader io.Reader) (cloudprovider.Interface, error) {
 func (c *CloudProvider) Initialize(clientBuilder cloudprovider.ControllerClientBuilder, stop <-chan struct{}) {
 	client := clientBuilder.ClientOrDie(ProviderName)
 
-	vmi.Register(
-		c.Context,
-		client,
-		c.localCoreFactory.Core().V1().Node(),
-		c.kubevirtFactory.Kubevirt().V1().VirtualMachineInstance(),
-		c.kubevirtClient,
-		c.nodeToVMName,
-		c.namespace,
-	)
+	if !DisableVMIController {
+		vmi.Register(
+			c.Context,
+			client,
+			c.localCoreFactory.Core().V1().Node(),
+			c.kubevirtFactory.Kubevirt().V1().VirtualMachineInstance(),
+			c.kubevirtClient,
+			c.nodeToVMName,
+			c.namespace,
+		)
+	}
 
 	go func() {
 		if err := start.All(c.Context, threadiness, c.kubevirtFactory, c.localCoreFactory); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/controller/virtualmachineinstance/controller.go b/pkg/controller/virtualmachineinstance/controller.go
index 9bad99b9..494036d5 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/virtualmachineinstance/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/virtualmachineinstance/controller.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	ctlcorev1 "github.com/rancher/wrangler/pkg/generated/controllers/core/v1"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	cloudproviderapi "k8s.io/cloud-provider/api"
 	cloudnodeutil "k8s.io/cloud-provider/node/helpers"
@@ -89,7 +90,11 @@ func (h *Handler) OnVmiChanged(_ string, vmi *kubevirtv1.VirtualMachineInstance)
 
 	node, err := h.nodeCache.Get(nodeName)
 	if err != nil {
-		return vmi, err
+		if !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return vmi, err
+		}
+		// This vm does not belong to current cluster if the node is not found
+		return vmi, nil
 	}
 
 	if !compareTopology(vmi.GetAnnotations(), node.GetLabels()) {