diff --git a/octavia/controller/worker/v1/controller_worker.py b/octavia/controller/worker/v1/controller_worker.py
index 7f4b23107e..3a27bbf7ae 100644
--- a/octavia/controller/worker/v1/controller_worker.py
+++ b/octavia/controller/worker/v1/controller_worker.py
@@ -457,12 +457,23 @@ class ControllerWorker(base_taskflow.BaseTaskFlowEngine):
                                                log=LOG):
             delete_member_tf.run()
 
+    @tenacity.retry(
+        retry=tenacity.retry_if_exception_type(db_exceptions.NoResultFound),
+        wait=tenacity.wait_incrementing(
+            RETRY_INITIAL_DELAY, RETRY_BACKOFF, RETRY_MAX),
+        stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(RETRY_ATTEMPTS))
     def batch_update_members(self, old_member_ids, new_member_ids,
                              updated_members):
-        old_members = [self._member_repo.get(db_apis.get_session(), id=mid)
-                       for mid in old_member_ids]
         new_members = [self._member_repo.get(db_apis.get_session(), id=mid)
                        for mid in new_member_ids]
+        # The API may not have commited all of the new member records yet.
+        # Make sure we retry looking them up.
+        if None in new_members or len(new_members) != len(new_member_ids):
+            LOG.warning('Failed to fetch one of the new members from DB. '
+                        'Retrying for up to 60 seconds.')
+            raise db_exceptions.NoResultFound
+        old_members = [self._member_repo.get(db_apis.get_session(), id=mid)
+                       for mid in old_member_ids]
         updated_members = [
             (self._member_repo.get(db_apis.get_session(), id=m.get('id')), m)
             for m in updated_members]
diff --git a/octavia/tests/unit/controller/worker/v1/test_controller_worker.py b/octavia/tests/unit/controller/worker/v1/test_controller_worker.py
index 7092fd55fc..4e488e119c 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/unit/controller/worker/v1/test_controller_worker.py
+++ b/octavia/tests/unit/controller/worker/v1/test_controller_worker.py
@@ -824,7 +824,8 @@ class TestControllerWorker(base.TestCase):
                                   mock_amp_repo_get):
 
         _flow_mock.reset_mock()
-
+        mock_member_repo_get.side_effect = [None, _member_mock,
+                                            _member_mock, _member_mock]
         cw = controller_worker.ControllerWorker()
         cw.batch_update_members([9], [11], [MEMBER_UPDATE_DICT])
 
@@ -837,6 +838,7 @@ class TestControllerWorker(base.TestCase):
                                         constants.POOL: _pool_mock}))
 
         _flow_mock.run.assert_called_once_with()
+        self.assertEqual(4, mock_member_repo_get.call_count)
 
     @mock.patch('octavia.controller.worker.v1.flows.'
                 'pool_flows.PoolFlows.get_create_pool_flow',