diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_provider.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_provider.go
index e3c5fc1c080b..31ede3712288 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_provider.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_provider.go
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ func BuildClusterAPI(opts config.AutoscalingOptions, do cloudprovider.NodeGroupD
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Fatalf("cannot build management cluster config: %v", err)
 	}
+	managementConfig.QPS = float32(opts.KubeClientQPS)
+	managementConfig.Burst = opts.KubeClientBurst
 
 	workloadKubeconfig := opts.KubeConfigPath
 
@@ -165,6 +167,8 @@ func BuildClusterAPI(opts config.AutoscalingOptions, do cloudprovider.NodeGroupD
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Fatalf("cannot build workload cluster config: %v", err)
 	}
+	workloadConfig.QPS = float32(opts.KubeClientQPS)
+	workloadConfig.Burst = opts.KubeClientBurst
 
 	// Grab a dynamic interface that we can create informers from
 	managementClient, err := dynamic.NewForConfig(managementConfig)