diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/mcm/mcm_manager.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/mcm/mcm_manager.go
index e3c5ee274a86..1c4ad1c810dc 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/mcm/mcm_manager.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/mcm/mcm_manager.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	v1appslister "k8s.io/client-go/listers/apps/v1"
+	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -734,7 +735,7 @@ func (m *McmManager) GetMachineDeploymentNodeTemplate(machinedeployment *Machine
 		req, _           = labels.NewRequirement(nodegroupset.LabelWorkerPool, selection.Equals, list)
 		region           string
 		zone             string
-		architecture     string
+		architecture     *string
 		instance         instanceType
 		machineClass     = md.Spec.Template.Spec.Class
 		nodeTemplateSpec = md.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeTemplateSpec
@@ -786,9 +787,7 @@ func (m *McmManager) GetMachineDeploymentNodeTemplate(machinedeployment *Machine
 			instance.InstanceType = nodeTemplateAttributes.InstanceType
 			region = nodeTemplateAttributes.Region
 			zone = nodeTemplateAttributes.Zone
-			if nodeTemplateAttributes.Architecture != nil {
-				architecture = *nodeTemplateAttributes.Architecture
-			}
+			architecture = nodeTemplateAttributes.Architecture
 			break
 		}
 
@@ -814,7 +813,7 @@ func (m *McmManager) GetMachineDeploymentNodeTemplate(machinedeployment *Machine
 			}
 			region = providerSpec.Region
 			zone = getZoneValueFromMCLabels(mc.Labels)
-			architecture = providerSpec.Tags[apiv1.LabelArchStable]
+			architecture = pointer.String(providerSpec.Tags[apiv1.LabelArchStable])
 		case providerAzure:
 			var providerSpec *azureapis.AzureProviderSpec
 			err = json.Unmarshal(mc.ProviderSpec.Raw, &providerSpec)
@@ -837,7 +836,7 @@ func (m *McmManager) GetMachineDeploymentNodeTemplate(machinedeployment *Machine
 			if providerSpec.Properties.Zone != nil {
 				zone = providerSpec.Location + "-" + strconv.Itoa(*providerSpec.Properties.Zone)
 			}
-			architecture = providerSpec.Tags["kubernetes.io_arch"]
+			architecture = pointer.String(providerSpec.Tags["kubernetes.io_arch"])
 		default:
 			return nil, cloudprovider.ErrNotImplemented
 		}
@@ -861,7 +860,7 @@ func (m *McmManager) GetMachineDeploymentNodeTemplate(machinedeployment *Machine
 		Zone:         zone, // will be implemented in MCM
 		Labels:       labels,
 		Taints:       taints,
-		Architecture: &architecture,
+		Architecture: architecture,
 	}
 
 	return nodeTmpl, nil