diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/nutanix/provider.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/nutanix/provider.go
index 8b02aa204..5884d776a 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/nutanix/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/nutanix/provider.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func (p *provider) getConfig(s v1alpha1.ProviderSpec) (*Config, *providerconfigt
 		return nil, nil, nil, err
 	}
 
-	c.AllowInsecure, err = p.configVarResolver.GetConfigVarBoolValueOrEnv(rawConfig.AllowInsecure, "NUTANIX_ALLOW_INSECURE")
+	c.AllowInsecure, err = p.configVarResolver.GetConfigVarBoolValueOrEnv(rawConfig.AllowInsecure, "NUTANIX_INSECURE")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, err
 	}