diff --git a/controllers/migration_controller.go b/controllers/migration_controller.go
index 498cf0628..332b3a1c4 100644
--- a/controllers/migration_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/migration_controller.go
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ package controllers
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	v1 "github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/api/v1"
-	constants "github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/pkg/consts"
+
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
@@ -13,14 +13,19 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile"
+
+	v1 "github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/api/v1"
+	snclientset "github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
+	constants "github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/pkg/consts"
 )
 
 type MigrationReconciler struct {
 	client.Client
-	Scheme *runtime.Scheme
+	Scheme    *runtime.Scheme
+	ClientSet snclientset.Interface
 }
 
-//+kubebuilder:rbac:groups="",resources=nodes,verbs=get;list;watch;update;patch
+//+kubebuilder:rbac:groups="",resources=nodes,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch
 
 // Reconcile is part of the main kubernetes reconciliation loop which aims to
 // move the current state of the cluster closer to the desired state.
@@ -35,6 +40,9 @@ func (mr *MigrationReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request)
 	err := mr.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{
 		Name: req.Name}, node)
 	if err != nil {
+		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return reconcile.Result{}, nil
+		}
 		reqLogger.Error(err, "Error occurred on GET SriovOperatorConfig request from API server.")
 		return reconcile.Result{}, err
 	}
@@ -47,15 +55,19 @@ func (mr *MigrationReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request)
 			reqLogger.Error(err, "Error occurred on GET SriovNetworkNodeState request from API server.")
 			return reconcile.Result{}, err
 		}
-		patch := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"status":{"drainStatus":"%s"}}`, anno))
-		err = mr.Client.Patch(context.TODO(), nodeState, client.RawPatch(types.StrategicMergePatchType, patch))
-		if err != nil {
-			reqLogger.Error(err, "Error occurred on SriovNetworkNodeState update.")
-			return reconcile.Result{}, err
-		}
+		nodeState.Status.DrainStatus = anno
+		mr.ClientSet.SriovnetworkV1().SriovNetworkNodeStates(namespace).UpdateStatus(context.TODO(), nodeState, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
+		delete(node.Annotations, constants.NodeDrainAnnotation)
+		mr.Update(ctx, node)
+		//patch := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"status":{"drainStatus":"%s"}}`, anno))
+		//err = mr.Client.Patch(context.TODO(), nodeState, client.RawPatch(types.StrategicMergePatchType, patch))
+		//if err != nil {
+		//	reqLogger.Error(err, "Error occurred on SriovNetworkNodeState update.")
+		//	return reconcile.Result{}, err
+		//}
 
 	}
-	
+
 	return reconcile.Result{}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 39d9109c0..b9e398d36 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
+
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	netattdefv1 "github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/network-attachment-definition-client/pkg/apis/k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1"
 	openshiftconfigv1 "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1"
 	mcfgv1 "github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator/pkg/apis/machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1"
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ import (
 
 	sriovnetworkv1 "github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/api/v1"
 	"github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/controllers"
+	snclientset "github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
 	constants "github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/pkg/consts"
 	"github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/pkg/leaderelection"
 	"github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/pkg/utils"
@@ -136,6 +140,18 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
+	var config *rest.Config
+	kubeconfig := os.Getenv("KUBECONFIG")
+	if kubeconfig != "" {
+		config, err = clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags("", kubeconfig)
+	} else {
+		// creates the in-cluster config
+		config, err = rest.InClusterConfig()
+	}
+
+	setupLog.Info("###config: ", "config", config)
+	snclient := snclientset.NewForConfigOrDie(config)
+
 	if err = (&controllers.SriovNetworkReconciler{
 		Client: mgrGlobal.GetClient(),
 		Scheme: mgrGlobal.GetScheme(),
@@ -199,8 +215,9 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	if err = (&controllers.MigrationReconciler{
-		Client: mgr.GetClient(),
-		Scheme: mgr.GetScheme(),
+		Client:    mgr.GetClient(),
+		Scheme:    mgr.GetScheme(),
+		ClientSet: snclient,
 	}).SetupWithManager(mgr); err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(err, "unable to create controller", "controller", "MigrationReconciler")
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/daemon.go b/pkg/daemon/daemon.go
index 93f60af6f..f4250a927 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 type Message struct {
+	drainStatus   string
 	syncStatus    string
 	lastSyncError string
 }
@@ -300,6 +301,7 @@ func (dn *Daemon) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}, exitCh <-chan error) error {
 			glog.Warningf("Got an error: %v", err)
 			if more {
 				dn.refreshCh <- Message{
+					drainStatus:   dn.nodeState.Status.DrainStatus,
 					syncStatus:    syncStatusFailed,
 					lastSyncError: err.Error(),
 				}
@@ -356,8 +358,9 @@ func (dn *Daemon) processNextWorkItem() bool {
 
 		err := dn.nodeStateSyncHandler()
 		if err != nil {
-			// Ereport error message, and put the item back to work queue for retry.
+			// Report error message, and put the item back to work queue for retry.
 			dn.refreshCh <- Message{
+				drainStatus:   dn.nodeState.Status.DrainStatus,
 				syncStatus:    syncStatusFailed,
 				lastSyncError: err.Error(),
 			}
@@ -454,6 +457,7 @@ func (dn *Daemon) nodeStateSyncHandler() error {
 
 				// add the error but don't requeue
 				dn.refreshCh <- Message{
+					drainStatus:   dn.nodeState.Status.DrainStatus,
 					syncStatus:    syncStatusFailed,
 					lastSyncError: sriovResult.LastSyncError,
 				}
@@ -466,6 +470,7 @@ func (dn *Daemon) nodeStateSyncHandler() error {
 		if latestState.Status.LastSyncError != "" ||
 			latestState.Status.SyncStatus != syncStatusSucceeded {
 			dn.refreshCh <- Message{
+				drainStatus:   dn.nodeState.Status.DrainStatus,
 				syncStatus:    syncStatusSucceeded,
 				lastSyncError: "",
 			}
@@ -480,6 +485,7 @@ func (dn *Daemon) nodeStateSyncHandler() error {
 		glog.V(0).Infof("nodeStateSyncHandler(): Name: %s, Interface policy spec not yet set by controller", latestState.Name)
 		if latestState.Status.SyncStatus != "Succeeded" {
 			dn.refreshCh <- Message{
+				drainStatus:   latestState.Status.DrainStatus,
 				syncStatus:    "Succeeded",
 				lastSyncError: "",
 			}
@@ -490,6 +496,7 @@ func (dn *Daemon) nodeStateSyncHandler() error {
 	}
 
 	dn.refreshCh <- Message{
+		drainStatus:   latestState.Status.DrainStatus,
 		syncStatus:    syncStatusInProgress,
 		lastSyncError: "",
 	}
@@ -648,11 +655,13 @@ func (dn *Daemon) nodeStateSyncHandler() error {
 	dn.nodeState = latestState.DeepCopy()
 	if dn.useSystemdService {
 		dn.refreshCh <- Message{
+			drainStatus:   dn.nodeState.Status.DrainStatus,
 			syncStatus:    sriovResult.SyncStatus,
 			lastSyncError: sriovResult.LastSyncError,
 		}
 	} else {
 		dn.refreshCh <- Message{
+			drainStatus:   dn.nodeState.Status.DrainStatus,
 			syncStatus:    syncStatusSucceeded,
 			lastSyncError: "",
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/writer.go b/pkg/daemon/writer.go
index 2a6fc6384..0a83f2da8 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/writer.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/writer.go
@@ -161,13 +161,14 @@ func (w *NodeStateStatusWriter) updateNodeStateStatusRetry(f func(*sriovnetworkv
 func (w *NodeStateStatusWriter) setNodeStateStatus(msg Message) (*sriovnetworkv1.SriovNetworkNodeState, error) {
 	nodeState, err := w.updateNodeStateStatusRetry(func(nodeState *sriovnetworkv1.SriovNetworkNodeState) {
 		nodeState.Status.Interfaces = w.status.Interfaces
+		nodeState.Status.DrainStatus = msg.drainStatus
 		if msg.lastSyncError != "" || msg.syncStatus == syncStatusSucceeded {
 			// clear lastSyncError when sync Succeeded
 			nodeState.Status.LastSyncError = msg.lastSyncError
 		}
 		nodeState.Status.SyncStatus = msg.syncStatus
 
-		glog.V(0).Infof("setNodeStateStatus(): syncStatus: %s, lastSyncError: %s", nodeState.Status.SyncStatus, nodeState.Status.LastSyncError)
+		glog.V(0).Infof("setNodeStateStatus(): drainStatus: %s, syncStatus: %s, lastSyncError: %s", nodeState.Status.DrainStatus, nodeState.Status.SyncStatus, nodeState.Status.LastSyncError)
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err