diff --git a/aks-node-controller/parser/helper.go b/aks-node-controller/parser/helper.go
index 58e7b2c3edc..7201d85bc06 100644
--- a/aks-node-controller/parser/helper.go
+++ b/aks-node-controller/parser/helper.go
@@ -145,12 +145,12 @@ func getKubenetTemplate() string {
 }
 
 // getContainerdConfig returns the base64 encoded containerd config depending on whether the node is with GPU or not.
-func getContainerdConfig(aksnodeconfig *aksnodeconfigv1.Configuration, isGPU bool) string {
+func getContainerdConfig(aksnodeconfig *aksnodeconfigv1.Configuration, noGPU bool) string {
 	if aksnodeconfig == nil {
 		return ""
 	}
 
-	containerdConfig, err := containerdConfigFromAKSNodeConfig(aksnodeconfig, isGPU)
+	containerdConfig, err := containerdConfigFromAKSNodeConfig(aksnodeconfig, noGPU)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("error getting containerd config from node bootstrap variables: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -158,14 +158,14 @@ func getContainerdConfig(aksnodeconfig *aksnodeconfigv1.Configuration, isGPU boo
 	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(containerdConfig))
 }
 
-func containerdConfigFromAKSNodeConfig(aksnodeconfig *aksnodeconfigv1.Configuration, isGPU bool) (string, error) {
+func containerdConfigFromAKSNodeConfig(aksnodeconfig *aksnodeconfigv1.Configuration, noGPU bool) (string, error) {
 	if aksnodeconfig == nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("AKSNodeConfig is nil")
 	}
 
 	// the containerd config template is different based on whether the node is with GPU or not.
 	_template := containerdConfigTemplate
-	if !isGPU {
+	if noGPU {
 		_template = containerdConfigNoGPUTemplate
 	}
 
diff --git a/aks-node-controller/parser/helper_test.go b/aks-node-controller/parser/helper_test.go
index b3e7f769282..859ccc153b7 100644
--- a/aks-node-controller/parser/helper_test.go
+++ b/aks-node-controller/parser/helper_test.go
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ func Test_createSortedKeyValueInt32Pairs(t *testing.T) {
 func Test_getContainerdConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
 		aksnodeconfig *aksnodeconfigv1.Configuration
+		noGpu         bool
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name string
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ oom_score = 0
 `)),
 		},
 		{
-			name: "Containerd Configurations with Nvidia GPU enabled",
+			name: "Containerd Configurations with bool noGpu set to false",
 			args: args{
 				aksnodeconfig: &aksnodeconfigv1.Configuration{
 					NeedsCgroupv2: ToPtr(true),
@@ -292,6 +293,7 @@ oom_score = 0
 						EnableNvidia: ToPtr(true),
 					},
 				},
+				noGpu: false,
 			},
 			want: base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(`version = 2
 oom_score = 0
@@ -315,11 +317,12 @@ oom_score = 0
 `)),
 		},
 		{
-			name: "Containerd Configurations with Nvidia GPU disabled",
+			name: "Containerd Configurations with bool noGpu set to true",
 			args: args{
 				aksnodeconfig: &aksnodeconfigv1.Configuration{
 					NeedsCgroupv2: ToPtr(true),
 				},
+				noGpu: true,
 			},
 			want: base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(`version = 2
 oom_score = 0
@@ -345,7 +348,7 @@ oom_score = 0
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if got := getContainerdConfig(tt.args.aksnodeconfig, true); got != tt.want {
+			if got := getContainerdConfig(tt.args.aksnodeconfig, tt.args.noGpu); got != tt.want {
 				t.Errorf("getContainerdConfig() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
 			}
 		})