diff --git a/hcloud/instances.go b/hcloud/instances.go
index fa32023d..355cc31b 100644
--- a/hcloud/instances.go
+++ b/hcloud/instances.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func (i *instances) lookupServer(
 		if i.robotClient == nil {
 			return nil, errMissingRobotClient
 		}
-		server, err := getRobotServerByID(i.robotClient, int(serverID), node)
+		server, err := getRobotServerByID(i, int(serverID), node)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get robot server \"%d\": %w", serverID, err)
 		}
diff --git a/hcloud/instances_util.go b/hcloud/instances_util.go
index def5cf28..b643e610 100644
--- a/hcloud/instances_util.go
+++ b/hcloud/instances_util.go
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@ func getRobotServerByName(c robot.Client, node *corev1.Node) (server *hrobotmode
 	return server, nil
 }
 
-func getRobotServerByID(c robot.Client, id int, node *corev1.Node) (*hrobotmodels.Server, error) {
+func getRobotServerByID(i *instances, id int, node *corev1.Node) (*hrobotmodels.Server, error) {
 	const op = "hcloud/getRobotServerByID"
 
-	if c == nil {
+	if i.robotClient == nil {
 		return nil, errMissingRobotClient
 	}
 
-	server, err := c.ServerGet(id)
+	server, err := i.robotClient.ServerGet(id)
 	if err != nil && !hrobotmodels.IsError(err, hrobotmodels.ErrorCodeServerNotFound) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", op, err)
 	}
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ func getRobotServerByID(c robot.Client, id int, node *corev1.Node) (*hrobotmodel
 
 	// check whether name matches - otherwise this server does not belong to the respective node anymore
 	if server.Name != node.Name {
+		i.recorder.Eventf(
+			node,
+			corev1.EventTypeWarning,
+			"PossibleNodeDeletion",
+			"Might be deleted by node-lifecycle-manager due to name mismatch; Node name %q differs from Robot name %q",
+			node.ObjectMeta.Name,
+			server.Name,
+		)
 		return nil, nil
 	}