diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/slaves/NodeProvisioner.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/slaves/NodeProvisioner.java
index 25d23c47c9bb028a281b5a38ac5904f78f477972..8ce37b958e1fd2ca9cf0fa43641797dd93f337ed 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/slaves/NodeProvisioner.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/slaves/NodeProvisioner.java
@@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ public class NodeProvisioner {
                             for (CloudProvisioningListener cl : CloudProvisioningListener.all()) {
                                 cl.onFailure(f, e);
                             }
+                        } finally {
+                            f.spent();
                         }
-
-                        f.spent();
                     }
 
                     float plannedCapacity = plannedCapacitySnapshot;