diff --git a/pkg/controller/nodes/executor.go b/pkg/controller/nodes/executor.go
index 3d0707469..c447b779c 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/nodes/executor.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/nodes/executor.go
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func (c *nodeExecutor) attemptRecovery(ctx context.Context, nCtx handler.NodeExe
 	// A recoverable node execution should always be in a terminal phase
 	switch recovered.Closure.Phase {
 	case core.NodeExecution_SKIPPED:
-		return handler.PhaseInfoSkip(nil, "node execution recovery indicated original node was skipped"), nil
+		return handler.PhaseInfoUndefined, nil
 	case core.NodeExecution_SUCCEEDED:
 		fallthrough
 	case core.NodeExecution_RECOVERED: