diff --git a/pkg/context/context.go b/pkg/context/context.go
index 9fc9e208d7..55dedc2354 100644
--- a/pkg/context/context.go
+++ b/pkg/context/context.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func IsControlPlaneMachine(nma *infrav1.NutanixMachine) bool {
 	if nma == nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	_, ok := nma.GetLabels()[capiv1.MachineControlPlaneLabel]
+	_, ok := nma.GetLabels()[capiv1.MachineControlPlaneNameLabel]
 	return ok
 }