diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/nodepools/oci_manager.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/nodepools/oci_manager.go
index 10aa9c9db2..ba91053eae 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/nodepools/oci_manager.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/nodepools/oci_manager.go
@@ -465,12 +465,14 @@ func (m *ociManagerImpl) GetExistingNodePoolSizeViaCompute(np NodePool) (int, er
 			case core.InstanceLifecycleStateStopped, core.InstanceLifecycleStateTerminated:
 				klog.V(4).Infof("skipping instance is in stopped/terminated state: %q", *item.Id)
 			case core.InstanceLifecycleStateCreatingImage, core.InstanceLifecycleStateStarting, core.InstanceLifecycleStateProvisioning, core.InstanceLifecycleStateMoving:
-				instances = append(instances, cloudprovider.Instance{
-					Id: *item.Id,
-					Status: &cloudprovider.InstanceStatus{
-						State: cloudprovider.InstanceCreating,
-					},
-				})
+				if *item.Id != "" {
+					instances = append(instances, cloudprovider.Instance{
+						Id: *item.Id,
+						Status: &cloudprovider.InstanceStatus{
+							State: cloudprovider.InstanceCreating,
+						},
+					})
+				}
 			// in case an instance is running, it could either be installing OKE software or become a Ready node.
 			// we do not know, but as we only need info if a node is stopped / terminated, we do not care
 			case core.InstanceLifecycleStateRunning:
@@ -560,12 +562,16 @@ func (m *ociManagerImpl) GetNodePoolNodes(np NodePool) ([]cloudprovider.Instance
 				},
 			})
 		case oke.NodeLifecycleStateCreating, oke.NodeLifecycleStateUpdating:
-			instances = append(instances, cloudprovider.Instance{
-				Id: *node.Id,
-				Status: &cloudprovider.InstanceStatus{
-					State: cloudprovider.InstanceCreating,
-				},
-			})
+			// A node pool can fail to scale up if there's no capacity in the region. In that case, the node pool will be
+			// returned by the API, but it will not actually exist or have an ID, so we don't want to tell the autoscaler about it.
+			if *node.Id != "" {
+				instances = append(instances, cloudprovider.Instance{
+					Id: *node.Id,
+					Status: &cloudprovider.InstanceStatus{
+						State: cloudprovider.InstanceCreating,
+					},
+				})
+			}
 		case oke.NodeLifecycleStateActive:
 			instances = append(instances, cloudprovider.Instance{
 				Id: *node.Id,