diff --git a/perfkitbenchmarker/providers/azure/azure_virtual_machine.py b/perfkitbenchmarker/providers/azure/azure_virtual_machine.py
index db899d9a65..a4001b0782 100644
--- a/perfkitbenchmarker/providers/azure/azure_virtual_machine.py
+++ b/perfkitbenchmarker/providers/azure/azure_virtual_machine.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 from perfkitbenchmarker import disk_strategies
 from perfkitbenchmarker import errors
 from perfkitbenchmarker import linux_virtual_machine
+from perfkitbenchmarker import os_types
 from perfkitbenchmarker import placement_group
 from perfkitbenchmarker import provider_info
 from perfkitbenchmarker import resource
@@ -130,6 +131,11 @@
     r'(Standard_ND[0-9]+a.*)',
 ]
 
+TRUSTED_LAUNCH_UNSUPPORTED_OS_TYPES = [
+    os_types.ROCKY_LINUX8,
+    os_types.ROCKY_LINUX9,
+]
+
 
 class AzureVmSpec(virtual_machine.BaseVmSpec):
   """Object containing the information needed to create a AzureVirtualMachine.
@@ -596,7 +602,7 @@ def __init__(self, vm_spec):
     self.trusted_launch_unsupported_type = any(
         re.search(machine_series, self.machine_type)
         for machine_series in TRUSTED_LAUNCH_UNSUPPORTED_TYPES
-    )
+    ) or self.OS_TYPE in TRUSTED_LAUNCH_UNSUPPORTED_OS_TYPES
     arm_arch = 'neoverse-n1' if _MachineTypeIsArm(self.machine_type) else None
     if arm_arch:
       self.host_arch = arm_arch