diff --git a/pkg/tarmak/provider/amazon/amazon.go b/pkg/tarmak/provider/amazon/amazon.go
index eede919859..442f8e24cb 100644
--- a/pkg/tarmak/provider/amazon/amazon.go
+++ b/pkg/tarmak/provider/amazon/amazon.go
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ func (a *Amazon) VerifyInstanceTypes(instancePools []interfaces.InstancePool) er
 			result = multierror.Append(result, err)
 		}
 
-		switch instance.InstanceType() {
+		switch instance.Role().Name() {
 
 		case clusterv1alpha1.InstancePoolTypeMaster:
 			found := false