diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_loadbalancer.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_loadbalancer.go
index 972ed686d11..0c8258ce300 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_loadbalancer.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_loadbalancer.go
@@ -1643,7 +1643,9 @@ func (az *Cloud) reconcileLoadBalancerRule(
 			if probeProtocol == "" {
 				probeProtocol = string(network.ProbeProtocolHTTP)
 			}
-			if requestPath == "" {
+
+			needRequestPath := strings.EqualFold(probeProtocol, string(network.ProbeProtocolHTTP)) || strings.EqualFold(probeProtocol, string(network.ProbeProtocolHTTPS))
+			if requestPath == "" && needRequestPath {
 				requestPath = podPresencePath
 			}
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_loadbalancer_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_loadbalancer_test.go
index a1fbc33efcf..37ac7341688 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_loadbalancer_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_loadbalancer_test.go
@@ -1726,6 +1726,15 @@ func TestReconcileLoadBalancerRule(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedProbes:  getDefaultTestProbes("Tcp", ""),
 			expectedRules:   getHATestRules(true),
 		},
+		{
+			desc:            "reconcileLoadBalancerRule shall leave probe path empty when using TCP probe",
+			service:         getTestService("test1", v1.ProtocolTCP, nil, false, 80),
+			loadBalancerSku: "standard",
+			wantLb:          true,
+			probeProtocol:   "Tcp",
+			expectedProbes:  getDefaultTestProbes("Tcp", ""),
+			expectedRules:   getDefaultTestRules(true),
+		},
 	}
 	for i, test := range testCases {
 		az := GetTestCloud(ctrl)