diff --git a/cloudinit/sources/helpers/azure.py b/cloudinit/sources/helpers/azure.py
index 8e9eb93d412..7e79f19e8e4 100644
--- a/cloudinit/sources/helpers/azure.py
+++ b/cloudinit/sources/helpers/azure.py
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ def parse_text(cls, ovf_env_xml: str) -> "OvfEnvXml":
             raise errors.ReportableErrorOvfParsingException(exception=e) from e
 
         # If there's no provisioning section, it's not Azure ovf-env.xml.
-        if not root.find("./wa:ProvisioningSection", cls.NAMESPACES):
+        if root.find("./wa:ProvisioningSection", cls.NAMESPACES) is None:
             raise NonAzureDataSource(
                 "Ignoring non-Azure ovf-env.xml: ProvisioningSection not found"
             )