diff --git a/cloud/linode/instances.go b/cloud/linode/instances.go
index da0da983..26c762d0 100644
--- a/cloud/linode/instances.go
+++ b/cloud/linode/instances.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func (i *instances) lookupLinode(ctx context.Context, node *v1.Node) (*linodego.
 	sentry.SetTag(ctx, "provider_id", providerID)
 	sentry.SetTag(ctx, "node_name", node.Name)
 
-	if providerID != "" && isLinodeProviderID(providerID){
+	if providerID != "" && isLinodeProviderID(providerID) {
 		id, err := parseProviderID(providerID)
 		if err != nil {
 			sentry.CaptureError(ctx, err)
diff --git a/cloud/linode/loadbalancers.go b/cloud/linode/loadbalancers.go
index 25ddcfa5..704e5653 100644
--- a/cloud/linode/loadbalancers.go
+++ b/cloud/linode/loadbalancers.go
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func (l *loadbalancers) getNodeBalancerDeviceId(ctx context.Context, firewallID,
 func (l *loadbalancers) updateNodeBalancerFirewall(ctx context.Context, service *v1.Service, nb *linodego.NodeBalancer) error {
 	var newFirewallID, existingFirewallID int
 	var err error
-	fwid, ok := getServiceAnnotation(service, annLinodeCloudFirewallID)
+	fwid, ok := service.GetAnnotations()[annLinodeCloudFirewallID]
 	if ok {
 		newFirewallID, err = strconv.Atoi(fwid)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/cloud/linode/loadbalancers_test.go b/cloud/linode/loadbalancers_test.go
index 4b31f2a4..4114a312 100644
--- a/cloud/linode/loadbalancers_test.go
+++ b/cloud/linode/loadbalancers_test.go
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ func testUpdateLoadBalancerAddNewFirewall(t *testing.T, client *linodego.Client,
 
 	svc := &v1.Service{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name: randString(10),
+			Name: randString(),
 			UID:  "foobar123",
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
 				annLinodeThrottle: "15",
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ func testUpdateLoadBalancerAddNewFirewall(t *testing.T, client *linodego.Client,
 		Spec: v1.ServiceSpec{
 			Ports: []v1.ServicePort{
 				{
-					Name:     randString(10),
+					Name:     randString(),
 					Protocol: "TCP",
 					Port:     int32(80),
 					NodePort: int32(30000),
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ func testUpdateLoadBalancerUpdateFirewall(t *testing.T, client *linodego.Client,
 
 	svc := &v1.Service{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name: randString(10),
+			Name: randString(),
 			UID:  "foobar123",
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
 				annLinodeThrottle: "15",
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ func testUpdateLoadBalancerUpdateFirewall(t *testing.T, client *linodego.Client,
 		Spec: v1.ServiceSpec{
 			Ports: []v1.ServicePort{
 				{
-					Name:     randString(10),
+					Name:     randString(),
 					Protocol: "TCP",
 					Port:     int32(80),
 					NodePort: int32(30000),
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ func testUpdateLoadBalancerDeleteFirewall(t *testing.T, client *linodego.Client,
 
 	svc := &v1.Service{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name: randString(10),
+			Name: randString(),
 			UID:  "foobar123",
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
 				annLinodeThrottle: "15",
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ func testUpdateLoadBalancerDeleteFirewall(t *testing.T, client *linodego.Client,
 		Spec: v1.ServiceSpec{
 			Ports: []v1.ServicePort{
 				{
-					Name:     randString(10),
+					Name:     randString(),
 					Protocol: "TCP",
 					Port:     int32(80),
 					NodePort: int32(30000),