diff --git a/pkg/consts/consts.go b/pkg/consts/consts.go
index da644edc39..cd83134ae3 100644
--- a/pkg/consts/consts.go
+++ b/pkg/consts/consts.go
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ const (
 
 	// HealthProbeParamsRequestPath determines the request path of the load balancer health probe.
 	// This is only useful for the HTTP and HTTPS, and would be ignored when using TCP. If not set,
-	// `/healthz` would be configured by default.
+	// `/` would be configured by default.
 	HealthProbeParamsRequestPath  HealthProbeParams = "request-path"
 	HealthProbeDefaultRequestPath string            = "/"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/provider/azure_loadbalancer.go b/pkg/provider/azure_loadbalancer.go
index 110a869fbd..351fa3eccf 100644
--- a/pkg/provider/azure_loadbalancer.go
+++ b/pkg/provider/azure_loadbalancer.go
@@ -2022,7 +2022,7 @@ func lbRuleConflictsWithPort(rule network.LoadBalancingRule, frontendIPConfigID
 		*rule.FrontendPort == port.Port
 }
 
-// buildHealthProbeRulesForPort
+// buildHealthProbeRulesForPort builds the LoadBalancer probe rules for the given port.
 // for following sku: basic loadbalancer vs standard load balancer
 // for following protocols: TCP HTTP HTTPS(SLB only)
 func (az *Cloud) buildHealthProbeRulesForPort(annotations map[string]string, port v1.ServicePort, lbrule string) (*network.Probe, error) {
@@ -2031,8 +2031,22 @@ func (az *Cloud) buildHealthProbeRulesForPort(annotations map[string]string, por
 	}
 	// protocol should be tcp, because sctp is handled in outer loop
 
+	// get request path for http/https probe
+	requestPath, err := consts.GetHealthProbeConfigOfPortFromK8sSvcAnnotation(annotations, port.Port, consts.HealthProbeParamsRequestPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse annotation %s: %w", consts.BuildHealthProbeAnnotationKeyForPort(port.Port, consts.HealthProbeParamsRequestPath), err)
+	}
+	if requestPath == nil {
+		if requestPath, err = consts.GetAttributeValueInSvcAnnotation(annotations, consts.ServiceAnnotationLoadBalancerHealthProbeRequestPath); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse annotation %s: %w", consts.ServiceAnnotationLoadBalancerHealthProbeRequestPath, err)
+		}
+	}
+	if requestPath == nil {
+		// TCP would be used as default probe protocol for backward compatibility when probe requestPath is not set.
+		port.AppProtocol = to.StringPtr(string(network.ProtocolTCP))
+	}
+
 	properties := &network.ProbePropertiesFormat{}
-	var err error
 	if port.AppProtocol == nil {
 		if port.AppProtocol, err = consts.GetAttributeValueInSvcAnnotation(annotations, consts.ServiceAnnotationLoadBalancerHealthProbeProtocol); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse annotation %s: %w", consts.ServiceAnnotationLoadBalancerHealthProbeProtocol, err)
@@ -2046,8 +2060,8 @@ func (az *Cloud) buildHealthProbeRulesForPort(annotations map[string]string, por
 	case strings.EqualFold(protocol, string(network.ProtocolTCP)):
 		properties.Protocol = network.ProbeProtocolTCP
 	case strings.EqualFold(protocol, string(network.ProtocolHTTPS)):
-		//HTTPS probe is only supported in standard loadbalancer
-		//For backward compatibility,when unsupported protocol is used, fall back to tcp protocol in basic lb mode instead
+		// HTTPS probe is only supported in standard loadbalancer
+		// For backward compatibility, fall back to TCP protocol for basic LoadBalancer.
 		if !az.useStandardLoadBalancer() {
 			properties.Protocol = network.ProbeProtocolTCP
 		} else {
@@ -2056,25 +2070,16 @@ func (az *Cloud) buildHealthProbeRulesForPort(annotations map[string]string, por
 	case strings.EqualFold(protocol, string(network.ProtocolHTTP)):
 		properties.Protocol = network.ProbeProtocolHTTP
 	default:
-		//For backward compatibility,when unsupported protocol is used, fall back to tcp protocol in basic lb mode instead
+		// For backward compatibility, fall back to TCP protocol when unsupported protocol is used.
 		properties.Protocol = network.ProbeProtocolTCP
 	}
 
 	if strings.EqualFold(string(properties.Protocol), string(network.ProtocolHTTPS)) || strings.EqualFold(string(properties.Protocol), string(network.ProtocolHTTP)) {
-		// get request path ,only used with http/https probe
-		path, err := consts.GetHealthProbeConfigOfPortFromK8sSvcAnnotation(annotations, port.Port, consts.HealthProbeParamsRequestPath)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse annotation %s: %w", consts.BuildHealthProbeAnnotationKeyForPort(port.Port, consts.HealthProbeParamsRequestPath), err)
-		}
-		if path == nil {
-			if path, err = consts.GetAttributeValueInSvcAnnotation(annotations, consts.ServiceAnnotationLoadBalancerHealthProbeRequestPath); err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse annotation %s: %w", consts.ServiceAnnotationLoadBalancerHealthProbeRequestPath, err)
-			}
-		}
-		if path == nil {
-			path = to.StringPtr(consts.HealthProbeDefaultRequestPath)
+		if requestPath == nil {
+			// "/" is the default request path for HTTP/HTTPS probe
+			requestPath = to.StringPtr(consts.HealthProbeDefaultRequestPath)
 		}
-		properties.RequestPath = path
+		properties.RequestPath = requestPath
 	}
 	// get number of probes
 	var numOfProbeValidator = func(val *int32) error {
diff --git a/pkg/provider/azure_loadbalancer_test.go b/pkg/provider/azure_loadbalancer_test.go
index de1fdb42fb..d8b7e4d603 100644
--- a/pkg/provider/azure_loadbalancer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/provider/azure_loadbalancer_test.go
@@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@ func TestReconcileLoadBalancerRule(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedErr:     true,
 		},
 		{
-			desc: "getExpectedLBRules should return correct rule when health probe annotations are added",
+			desc: "getExpectedLBRules should return correct rule when health probe annotations are added with probe path",
 			service: getTestService("test1", v1.ProtocolTCP, map[string]string{
 				"service.beta.kubernetes.io/port_80_health-probe_interval":     "20",
 				"service.beta.kubernetes.io/port_80_health-probe_num-of-probe": "5",
@@ -2008,14 +2008,14 @@ func TestReconcileLoadBalancerRule(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedRules:   getDefaultTestRules(true),
 		},
 		{
-			desc: "getExpectedLBRules should return correct rule when health probe annotations are added,default path should be /healthy",
+			desc: "getExpectedLBRules should return correct rule when health probe annotations are added with default TCP protocol",
 			service: getTestService("test1", v1.ProtocolTCP, map[string]string{
 				"service.beta.kubernetes.io/port_80_health-probe_interval":     "20",
 				"service.beta.kubernetes.io/port_80_health-probe_num-of-probe": "5",
 			}, false, 80),
 			loadBalancerSku: "standard",
 			probeProtocol:   "Http",
-			expectedProbes:  getTestProbes("Http", "/", to.Int32Ptr(20), to.Int32Ptr(10080), to.Int32Ptr(5)),
+			expectedProbes:  getTestProbes("Tcp", "", to.Int32Ptr(20), to.Int32Ptr(10080), to.Int32Ptr(5)),
 			expectedRules:   getDefaultTestRules(true),
 		},
 		{