diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_autodiscovery.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_autodiscovery.go
index 3e84d1ee49b0..a218dfe637e9 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_autodiscovery.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_autodiscovery.go
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ type labelAutoDiscoveryConfig struct {
 	MaxSize *int
 }
 
+type autoDiscoveryConfigSizes struct {
+	Min int
+	Max int
+}
+
 // ParseLabelAutoDiscoverySpecs returns any provided NodeGroupAutoDiscoverySpecs
 // parsed into configuration appropriate for node group autodiscovery.
 func ParseLabelAutoDiscoverySpecs(o cloudprovider.NodeGroupDiscoveryOptions) ([]labelAutoDiscoveryConfig, error) {
@@ -102,29 +107,30 @@ func parseLabelAutoDiscoverySpec(spec string) (labelAutoDiscoveryConfig, error)
 	return cfg, nil
 }
 
-// returns true if the VMSS's tags match the autodiscovery configs
+// returns an autoDiscoveryConfigSizes struct if the VMSS's tags match the autodiscovery configs
+// if the VMSS's tags do not match then return nil
 // if there are multiple min/max sizes defined, return the highest min value and the lowest max value
-func matchDiscoveryConfig(labels map[string]*string, configs []labelAutoDiscoveryConfig) (bool, int, int) {
+func matchDiscoveryConfig(labels map[string]*string, configs []labelAutoDiscoveryConfig) *autoDiscoveryConfigSizes {
 	if len(configs) == 0 {
-		return false, 0, 0
+		return nil
 	}
 	minSize := -1
 	maxSize := -1
 
 	for _, c := range configs {
 		if len(c.Selector) == 0 {
-			return false, 0, 0
+			return nil
 		}
 
 		for k, v := range c.Selector {
 			value, ok := labels[k]
 			if !ok {
-				return false, 0, 0
+				return nil
 			}
 
 			if len(v) > 0 {
 				if value == nil || *value != v {
-					return false, 0, 0
+					return nil
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -136,5 +142,8 @@ func matchDiscoveryConfig(labels map[string]*string, configs []labelAutoDiscover
 		}
 	}
 
-	return true, minSize, maxSize
+	return &autoDiscoveryConfigSizes{
+		Min: minSize,
+		Max: maxSize,
+	}
 }
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_manager.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_manager.go
index 4b4c7770ba15..b31ec60b872c 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_manager.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_manager.go
@@ -293,14 +293,13 @@ func (m *AzureManager) getFilteredScaleSets(filter []labelAutoDiscoveryConfig) (
 
 	var nodeGroups []cloudprovider.NodeGroup
 	for _, scaleSet := range vmssList {
-		var found bool
-		var cfgMinSize, cfgMaxSize int
+		var cfgSizes *autoDiscoveryConfigSizes
 		if len(filter) > 0 {
 			if scaleSet.Tags == nil || len(scaleSet.Tags) == 0 {
 				continue
 			}
 
-			if found, cfgMinSize, cfgMaxSize = matchDiscoveryConfig(scaleSet.Tags, filter); !found {
+			if cfgSizes = matchDiscoveryConfig(scaleSet.Tags, filter); cfgSizes == nil {
 				continue
 			}
 		}
@@ -318,8 +317,8 @@ func (m *AzureManager) getFilteredScaleSets(filter []labelAutoDiscoveryConfig) (
 				klog.Warningf("ignoring vmss %q because of invalid minimum size specified for vmss: %s", *scaleSet.Name, err)
 				continue
 			}
-		} else if cfgMinSize >= 0 {
-			spec.MinSize = cfgMinSize
+		} else if cfgSizes.Min >= 0 {
+			spec.MinSize = cfgSizes.Min
 		} else {
 			klog.Warningf("ignoring vmss %q because of no minimum size specified for vmss", *scaleSet.Name)
 			continue
@@ -335,8 +334,8 @@ func (m *AzureManager) getFilteredScaleSets(filter []labelAutoDiscoveryConfig) (
 				klog.Warningf("ignoring vmss %q because of invalid maximum size specified for vmss: %s", *scaleSet.Name, err)
 				continue
 			}
-		} else if cfgMaxSize >= 0 {
-			spec.MaxSize = cfgMaxSize
+		} else if cfgSizes.Max >= 0 {
+			spec.MaxSize = cfgSizes.Max
 		} else {
 			klog.Warningf("ignoring vmss %q because of no maximum size specified for vmss", *scaleSet.Name)
 			continue