diff --git a/pkg/providers/nutanix/template.go b/pkg/providers/nutanix/template.go
index 124b2e010c13..b60b0d664472 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/nutanix/template.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/nutanix/template.go
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
-	"net"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
@@ -525,25 +523,8 @@ func generateNutanixFailureDomains(eksNutanixFailureDomains []v1alpha1.NutanixDa
 	return failureDomains
 }
 
-func addKubeVipToIgnoredNodeIPsList(clusterSpec *cluster.Spec, result []string) []string {
-	kubeVipStr := clusterSpec.Cluster.Spec.ControlPlaneConfiguration.Endpoint.Host
-	if kubeVipStr != "" {
-		kubeVip, err := net.ResolveIPAddr("ip", kubeVipStr)
-		if err != nil {
-			// log error and continue
-			log.Printf("error resolving kube-vip IP address %s: %v", kubeVipStr, err)
-		} else {
-			result = append(result, kubeVip.IP.String())
-		}
-	}
-
-	return result
-}
-
 func generateCcmIgnoredNodeIPsList(clusterSpec *cluster.Spec) []string {
-	result := make([]string, 0)
-
-	result = addKubeVipToIgnoredNodeIPsList(clusterSpec, result)
+	ignoredIPs := []string{clusterSpec.Cluster.Spec.ControlPlaneConfiguration.Endpoint.Host}
 
-	return result
+	return ignoredIPs
 }
diff --git a/pkg/providers/nutanix/validator.go b/pkg/providers/nutanix/validator.go
index 827d91b20652..1edcd0746586 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/nutanix/validator.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/nutanix/validator.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package nutanix
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
@@ -49,6 +50,15 @@ func NewValidator(clientCache *ClientCache, certValidator crypto.TlsValidator, h
 	}
 }
 
+func (v *Validator) validateControlPlaneIp(ip string) error {
+	// check if controlPlaneEndpointIp is valid
+	parsedIp := net.ParseIP(ip)
+	if parsedIp == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cluster controlPlaneConfiguration.Endpoint.Host is invalid: %s", ip)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // ValidateClusterSpec validates the cluster spec.
 func (v *Validator) ValidateClusterSpec(ctx context.Context, spec *cluster.Spec, creds credentials.BasicAuthCredential) error {
 	logger.Info("ValidateClusterSpec for Nutanix datacenter", "NutanixDatacenter", spec.NutanixDatacenter.Name)
@@ -61,6 +71,10 @@ func (v *Validator) ValidateClusterSpec(ctx context.Context, spec *cluster.Spec,
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if err := v.validateControlPlaneIp(spec.Cluster.Spec.ControlPlaneConfiguration.Endpoint.Host); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	for _, conf := range spec.NutanixMachineConfigs {
 		if err := v.ValidateMachineConfig(ctx, client, conf); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to validate machine config: %v", err)