diff --git a/pkg/apis/compute/elasticips_const.go b/pkg/apis/compute/elasticips_const.go
index 5d3905575d..393665c09c 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/compute/elasticips_const.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/compute/elasticips_const.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const (
 	EIP_ASSOCIATE_TYPE_SERVER       = "server"
 	EIP_ASSOCIATE_TYPE_NAT_GATEWAY  = "natgateway"
 	EIP_ASSOCIATE_TYPE_LOADBALANCER = "loadbalancer"
+	EIP_ASSOCIATE_TYPE_UNKNOWN      = "unknown"
 
 	EIP_STATUS_READY           = "ready"
 	EIP_STATUS_UNKNOWN         = "unknown"
diff --git a/pkg/multicloud/qcloud/eip.go b/pkg/multicloud/qcloud/eip.go
index 1ab90dfcf2..fa70c82294 100644
--- a/pkg/multicloud/qcloud/eip.go
+++ b/pkg/multicloud/qcloud/eip.go
@@ -143,12 +143,11 @@ func (self *SEipAddress) GetAssociationType() string {
 			"lb-":  api.EIP_ASSOCIATE_TYPE_LOADBALANCER,
 			"lbl-": api.EIP_ASSOCIATE_TYPE_LOADBALANCER,
 		} {
-			if strings.HasPrefix(prefix, self.InstanceId) {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(self.InstanceId, prefix) {
 				return instanceType
 			}
 		}
-		log.Fatalf("unsupported type: %s", self.InstanceId)
-		return "unsupported"
+		return api.EIP_ASSOCIATE_TYPE_UNKNOWN
 	}
 	return ""
 }