diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_utils.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_utils.go
index 58ae58915192..68c2be164436 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_utils.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_utils.go
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ func machineSetHasMachineDeploymentOwnerRef(machineSet *unstructured.Unstructure
 // normalizedProviderString splits s on '/' returning everything after
 // the last '/'.
 func normalizedProviderString(s string) normalizedProviderID {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(s, "azure://") && strings.Contains(s, "virtualMachineScaleSets") {
+		return normalizedProviderID(s)
+	}
 	split := strings.Split(s, "/")
 	return normalizedProviderID(split[len(split)-1])
 }
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_utils_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_utils_test.go
index c6bafd50a969..f56c767de209 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_utils_test.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/clusterapi_utils_test.go
@@ -422,6 +422,14 @@ func TestUtilNormalizedProviderID(t *testing.T) {
 		description: "id with / characters",
 		providerID:  "aws:////i-12345678",
 		expectedID:  "i-12345678",
+	}, {
+		description: "azure standard vm",
+		providerID:  "azure:///subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/resourceGroupName/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/control-plane-1cbe5-d4dx7",
+		expectedID:  "control-plane-1cbe5-d4dx7",
+	}, {
+		description: "azure vmss",
+		providerID:  "azure:///subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/resourceGroupName/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/vmssName/virtualMachines/0",
+		expectedID:  "azure:///subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/resourceGroupName/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/vmssName/virtualMachines/0",
 	}} {
 		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {
 			actualID := normalizedProviderString(tc.providerID)