diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/BUILD
index d410cf087c2..2b3f5dca616 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/BUILD
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ go_test(
         "//vendor/github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/to:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/pointer:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/sigs.k8s.io/yaml:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_controller_common_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_controller_common_test.go
index 905b95753c5..1e5168c4644 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_controller_common_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_controller_common_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 )
 
 func TestCommonAttachDisk(t *testing.T) {
@@ -243,3 +244,38 @@ func TestDisksAreAttached(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, test.expectedErr, err != nil, "TestCase[%d]: %s", i, test.desc)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFilteredDetatchingDisks(t *testing.T) {
+
+	disks := []compute.DataDisk{
+		{
+			Name:         pointer.StringPtr("DiskName1"),
+			ToBeDetached: pointer.BoolPtr(false),
+			ManagedDisk: &compute.ManagedDiskParameters{
+				ID: pointer.StringPtr("ManagedID"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:         pointer.StringPtr("DiskName2"),
+			ToBeDetached: pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+		},
+		{
+			Name:         pointer.StringPtr("DiskName3"),
+			ToBeDetached: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			Name:         pointer.StringPtr("DiskName4"),
+			ToBeDetached: nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	filteredDisks := filterDetachingDisks(disks)
+	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(filteredDisks))
+	assert.Equal(t, "DiskName1", *filteredDisks[0].Name)
+	assert.Equal(t, "ManagedID", *filteredDisks[0].ManagedDisk.ID)
+	assert.Equal(t, "DiskName3", *filteredDisks[1].Name)
+
+	disks = []compute.DataDisk{}
+	filteredDisks = filterDetachingDisks(disks)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(filteredDisks))
+}