diff --git a/pkg/cmd/server/kubernetes/master/controller/core.go b/pkg/cmd/server/kubernetes/master/controller/core.go
index 2bb4bfb26f63..6098dae4165d 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/server/kubernetes/master/controller/core.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/server/kubernetes/master/controller/core.go
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ func (c *ServiceLoadBalancerControllerConfig) RunController(ctx kubecontroller.C
 		ctx.Options.ClusterName,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
-		return true, fmt.Errorf("unable to start service load balancer controller: %v", err)
+		glog.Warningf("unable to start service load balancer controller: %v", err)
+		return false, nil
 	}
 
 	go serviceController.Run(ctx.Stop, int(ctx.Options.ConcurrentServiceSyncs))