diff --git a/discovery/azure/azure.go b/discovery/azure/azure.go
index 4666bfca5..2b8635dc2 100644
--- a/discovery/azure/azure.go
+++ b/discovery/azure/azure.go
@@ -302,11 +302,9 @@ func (d *Discovery) refresh(ctx context.Context) ([]*targetgroup.Group, error) {
 				labels[azureLabelMachineScaleSet] = model.LabelValue(vm.ScaleSet)
 			}
 
-			if vm.Tags != nil {
-				for k, v := range vm.Tags {
-					name := strutil.SanitizeLabelName(k)
-					labels[azureLabelMachineTag+model.LabelName(name)] = model.LabelValue(*v)
-				}
+			for k, v := range vm.Tags {
+				name := strutil.SanitizeLabelName(k)
+				labels[azureLabelMachineTag+model.LabelName(name)] = model.LabelValue(*v)
 			}
 
 			// Get the IP address information via separate call to the network provider.