diff --git a/vhdbuilder/packer/configure-windows-vhd.ps1 b/vhdbuilder/packer/configure-windows-vhd.ps1
index fcc2688f6f9..8f8908c3e86 100644
--- a/vhdbuilder/packer/configure-windows-vhd.ps1
+++ b/vhdbuilder/packer/configure-windows-vhd.ps1
@@ -743,6 +743,10 @@ function Get-SystemDriveDiskInfo {
     foreach($disk in $disksInfo) {
         if ($disk.DeviceID -eq "C:") {
             Write-Log "Disk C: Free space: $($disk.FreeSpace), Total size: $($disk.Size)"
+
+            if ($disk.FreeSpace -lt $global:lowestFreeSpace) {
+                throw "Disk C: Free space is less than $($global:lowestFreeSpace)"
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/vhdbuilder/packer/generate-windows-vhd-configuration.ps1 b/vhdbuilder/packer/generate-windows-vhd-configuration.ps1
index 79b4342f4b4..fab4a250939 100644
--- a/vhdbuilder/packer/generate-windows-vhd-configuration.ps1
+++ b/vhdbuilder/packer/generate-windows-vhd-configuration.ps1
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ if (-not ($validSKU -contains $windowsSKU)) {
     throw "Unsupported windows image SKU: $windowsSKU"
 }
 
+# We need to guarantee that the node provisioning will not fail because the vhd is full before resize-osdisk is called in AKS Windows CSE script.
+$global:lowestFreeSpace = 2*1024*1024*1024 # 2GB
+
 # defaultContainerdPackageUrl refers to the stable containerd package used to pull and cache container images
 # Add cache for another containerd version which is not installed by default
 $global:defaultContainerdPackageUrl = "https://acs-mirror.azureedge.net/containerd/windows/v1.6.21-azure.1/binaries/containerd-v1.6.21-azure.1-windows-amd64.tar.gz"