diff --git a/cloud/linode/instances_test.go b/cloud/linode/instances_test.go
index a1cd328e..cc88d8c4 100644
--- a/cloud/linode/instances_test.go
+++ b/cloud/linode/instances_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	cloudprovider "k8s.io/cloud-provider"
 
 	"github.com/linode/linode-cloud-controller-manager/cloud/linode/client/mocks"
-
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/cloud/linode/node_controller.go b/cloud/linode/node_controller.go
index 62f74edb..c817ef37 100644
--- a/cloud/linode/node_controller.go
+++ b/cloud/linode/node_controller.go
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ const (
 	defaultMetadataTTL   = 300 * time.Second
 )
 
+type nodeRequest struct {
+	node      *v1.Node
+	timestamp time.Time
+}
+
 type nodeController struct {
 	sync.RWMutex
 
@@ -39,7 +44,8 @@ type nodeController struct {
 	metadataLastUpdate map[string]time.Time
 	ttl                time.Duration
 
-	queue workqueue.TypedDelayingInterface[any]
+	queue         workqueue.TypedDelayingInterface[nodeRequest]
+	nodeLastAdded map[string]time.Time
 }
 
 func newNodeController(kubeclient kubernetes.Interface, client client.Client, informer v1informers.NodeInformer, instanceCache *instances) *nodeController {
@@ -57,7 +63,8 @@ func newNodeController(kubeclient kubernetes.Interface, client client.Client, in
 		informer:           informer,
 		ttl:                timeout,
 		metadataLastUpdate: make(map[string]time.Time),
-		queue:              workqueue.NewTypedDelayingQueueWithConfig[any](workqueue.TypedDelayingQueueConfig[any]{Name: "ccm_node"}),
+		queue:              workqueue.NewTypedDelayingQueueWithConfig(workqueue.TypedDelayingQueueConfig[nodeRequest]{Name: "ccm_node"}),
+		nodeLastAdded:      make(map[string]time.Time),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -71,7 +78,7 @@ func (s *nodeController) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 				}
 
 				klog.Infof("NodeController will handle newly created node (%s) metadata", node.Name)
-				s.queue.Add(node)
+				s.addNodeToQueue(node)
 			},
 			UpdateFunc: func(oldObj, newObj interface{}) {
 				node, ok := newObj.(*v1.Node)
@@ -80,7 +87,7 @@ func (s *nodeController) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 				}
 
 				klog.Infof("NodeController will handle newly updated node (%s) metadata", node.Name)
-				s.queue.Add(node)
+				s.addNodeToQueue(node)
 			},
 		},
 		informerResyncPeriod,
@@ -92,6 +99,15 @@ func (s *nodeController) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 	s.informer.Informer().Run(stopCh)
 }
 
+// addNodeToQueue adds a node to the queue for processing.
+func (s *nodeController) addNodeToQueue(node *v1.Node) {
+	s.Lock()
+	defer s.Unlock()
+	currTime := time.Now()
+	s.nodeLastAdded[node.Name] = currTime
+	s.queue.Add(nodeRequest{node: node, timestamp: currTime})
+}
+
 // worker runs a worker thread that dequeues new or modified nodes and processes
 // metadata (host UUID) on each of them.
 func (s *nodeController) worker() {
@@ -100,31 +116,32 @@ func (s *nodeController) worker() {
 }
 
 func (s *nodeController) processNext() bool {
-	key, quit := s.queue.Get()
+	request, quit := s.queue.Get()
 	if quit {
 		return false
 	}
-	defer s.queue.Done(key)
+	defer s.queue.Done(request)
 
-	node, ok := key.(*v1.Node)
-	if !ok {
-		klog.Errorf("expected dequeued key to be of type *v1.Node but got %T", node)
+	s.RLock()
+	latestTimestamp, exists := s.nodeLastAdded[request.node.Name]
+	s.RUnlock()
+	if !exists || request.timestamp.Before(latestTimestamp) {
+		klog.V(3).InfoS("Skipping node metadata update as its not the most recent object", "node", klog.KObj(request.node))
 		return true
 	}
-
-	err := s.handleNode(context.TODO(), node)
+	err := s.handleNode(context.TODO(), request.node)
 	switch deleteErr := err.(type) {
 	case nil:
 		break
 
 	case *linodego.Error:
 		if deleteErr.Code >= http.StatusInternalServerError || deleteErr.Code == http.StatusTooManyRequests {
-			klog.Errorf("failed to add metadata for node (%s); retrying in 1 minute: %s", node.Name, err)
-			s.queue.AddAfter(node, retryInterval)
+			klog.Errorf("failed to add metadata for node (%s); retrying in 1 minute: %s", request.node.Name, err)
+			s.queue.AddAfter(request, retryInterval)
 		}
 
 	default:
-		klog.Errorf("failed to add metadata for node (%s); will not retry: %s", node.Name, err)
+		klog.Errorf("failed to add metadata for node (%s); will not retry: %s", request.node.Name, err)
 	}
 	return true
 }
diff --git a/cloud/linode/node_controller_test.go b/cloud/linode/node_controller_test.go
index 65e093a5..05619bdb 100644
--- a/cloud/linode/node_controller_test.go
+++ b/cloud/linode/node_controller_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func TestNodeController_Run(t *testing.T) {
 	client := mocks.NewMockClient(ctrl)
 	kubeClient := fake.NewSimpleClientset()
 	informer := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(kubeClient, 0).Core().V1().Nodes()
-	mockQueue := workqueue.NewTypedDelayingQueueWithConfig(workqueue.TypedDelayingQueueConfig[any]{Name: "test"})
+	mockQueue := workqueue.NewTypedDelayingQueueWithConfig(workqueue.TypedDelayingQueueConfig[nodeRequest]{Name: "test"})
 
 	nodeCtrl := newNodeController(kubeClient, client, informer, newInstances(client))
 	nodeCtrl.queue = mockQueue
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestNodeController_processNext(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ctrl.Finish()
 	client := mocks.NewMockClient(ctrl)
 	kubeClient := fake.NewSimpleClientset()
-	queue := workqueue.NewTypedDelayingQueueWithConfig(workqueue.TypedDelayingQueueConfig[any]{Name: "testQueue"})
+	queue := workqueue.NewTypedDelayingQueueWithConfig(workqueue.TypedDelayingQueueConfig[nodeRequest]{Name: "testQueue"})
 	node := &v1.Node{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:        "test",
@@ -87,10 +87,11 @@ func TestNodeController_processNext(t *testing.T) {
 		queue:              queue,
 		metadataLastUpdate: make(map[string]time.Time),
 		ttl:                defaultMetadataTTL,
+		nodeLastAdded:      make(map[string]time.Time),
 	}
 
 	t.Run("should return no error on unknown errors", func(t *testing.T) {
-		queue.Add(node)
+		controller.addNodeToQueue(node)
 		client.EXPECT().ListInstances(gomock.Any(), nil).Times(1).Return([]linodego.Instance{}, errors.New("lookup failed"))
 		result := controller.processNext()
 		assert.True(t, result, "processNext should return true")
@@ -99,13 +100,9 @@ func TestNodeController_processNext(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
-	t.Run("should return no error if node exists", func(t *testing.T) {
-		queue.Add(node)
-		publicIP := net.ParseIP("172.234.31.123")
-		privateIP := net.ParseIP("192.168.159.135")
-		client.EXPECT().ListInstances(gomock.Any(), nil).Times(1).Return([]linodego.Instance{
-			{ID: 111, Label: "test", IPv4: []*net.IP{&publicIP, &privateIP}, HostUUID: "111"},
-		}, nil)
+	t.Run("should return no error if timestamp for node being processed is older than the most recent request", func(t *testing.T) {
+		controller.addNodeToQueue(node)
+		controller.nodeLastAdded["test"] = time.Now().Add(controller.ttl)
 		result := controller.processNext()
 		assert.True(t, result, "processNext should return true")
 		if queue.Len() != 0 {
@@ -113,8 +110,13 @@ func TestNodeController_processNext(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
-	t.Run("should return no error if queued object is not of type Node", func(t *testing.T) {
-		queue.Add("abc")
+	t.Run("should return no error if node exists", func(t *testing.T) {
+		controller.addNodeToQueue(node)
+		publicIP := net.ParseIP("172.234.31.123")
+		privateIP := net.ParseIP("192.168.159.135")
+		client.EXPECT().ListInstances(gomock.Any(), nil).Times(1).Return([]linodego.Instance{
+			{ID: 111, Label: "test", IPv4: []*net.IP{&publicIP, &privateIP}, HostUUID: "111"},
+		}, nil)
 		result := controller.processNext()
 		assert.True(t, result, "processNext should return true")
 		if queue.Len() != 0 {
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ func TestNodeController_processNext(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("should return no error if node in k8s doesn't exist", func(t *testing.T) {
-		queue.Add(node)
+		controller.addNodeToQueue(node)
 		controller.kubeclient = fake.NewSimpleClientset()
 		defer func() { controller.kubeclient = kubeClient }()
 		result := controller.processNext()
@@ -134,9 +136,9 @@ func TestNodeController_processNext(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("should return error and requeue when it gets 429 from linode API", func(t *testing.T) {
-		queue = workqueue.NewTypedDelayingQueueWithConfig(workqueue.TypedDelayingQueueConfig[any]{Name: "testQueue1"})
-		queue.Add(node)
+		queue = workqueue.NewTypedDelayingQueueWithConfig(workqueue.TypedDelayingQueueConfig[nodeRequest]{Name: "testQueue1"})
 		controller.queue = queue
+		controller.addNodeToQueue(node)
 		client := mocks.NewMockClient(ctrl)
 		controller.instances = newInstances(client)
 		retryInterval = 1 * time.Nanosecond
@@ -150,9 +152,9 @@ func TestNodeController_processNext(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("should return error and requeue when it gets error >= 500 from linode API", func(t *testing.T) {
-		queue = workqueue.NewTypedDelayingQueueWithConfig(workqueue.TypedDelayingQueueConfig[any]{Name: "testQueue2"})
-		queue.Add(node)
+		queue = workqueue.NewTypedDelayingQueueWithConfig(workqueue.TypedDelayingQueueConfig[nodeRequest]{Name: "testQueue2"})
 		controller.queue = queue
+		controller.addNodeToQueue(node)
 		client := mocks.NewMockClient(ctrl)
 		controller.instances = newInstances(client)
 		retryInterval = 1 * time.Nanosecond