if _, found := nc.zoneStates[zone]; !found {
		nc.zoneStates[zone] = stateInitial
		nc.zoneNoExecuteTainter[zone] =
			scheduler.NewRateLimitedTimedQueue(
				flowcontrol.NewTokenBucketRateLimiter(nc.evictionLimiterQPS, scheduler.EvictionRateLimiterBurst))
		// Init the metric for the new zone.
		logger.Info("Initializing eviction metric for zone", "zone", zone)
		evictionsTotal.WithLabelValues(zone).Add(0)