diff --git a/de/heat-templates/scripts/instance_boot.sh b/de/heat-templates/scripts/instance_boot.sh
index 8f0e9c6..0795c80 100644
--- a/de/heat-templates/scripts/instance_boot.sh
+++ b/de/heat-templates/scripts/instance_boot.sh
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
     function set_node_labels_retry {
         kubectl patch node $(hostname) -p "{\"metadata\": ${NODE_METADATA}}"
     }
-    retry 10 "Labeling node failed." set_node_labels
+    retry 10 "Labeling node failed" set_node_labels_retry
 }
 
 case "$NODE_TYPE" in