From 875071679242c80e46e4683074933f9312c2fbe8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayank Jha <mayank.jha@uipath.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 14:36:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fixing panic on AzureMachinePool creation with auto-scale

---
 azure/scope/managedmachinepool.go | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/azure/scope/managedmachinepool.go b/azure/scope/managedmachinepool.go
index a6a32e9b976..e43cfeb2d5c 100644
--- a/azure/scope/managedmachinepool.go
+++ b/azure/scope/managedmachinepool.go
@@ -310,6 +310,9 @@ func (s *ManagedMachinePoolScope) SetCAPIMachinePoolReplicas(replicas *int32) {
 
 // SetCAPIMachinePoolAnnotation sets the specified annotation on the associated MachinePool.
 func (s *ManagedMachinePoolScope) SetCAPIMachinePoolAnnotation(key, value string) {
+	if s.MachinePool.Annotations == nil {
+		s.MachinePool.Annotations = make(map[string]string)
+	}
 	s.MachinePool.Annotations[key] = value
 }