diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0dd00e0807..075d55e94b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -436,7 +436,8 @@ cni-image: ## build cni container image.
 		TARGET=$(OS) \
 		OS=$(OS) \
 		ARCH=$(ARCH) \
-		OS_VERSION=$(OS_VERSION)
+		OS_VERSION=$(OS_VERSION) \
+		EXTRA_BUILD_ARGS='--build-arg CNI_AI_PATH=$(CNI_AI_PATH) --build-arg CNI_AI_ID=$(CNI_AI_ID)'
 
 cni-image-push: ## push cni container image.
 	$(MAKE) container-push \
diff --git a/cni/Dockerfile b/cni/Dockerfile
index 097c079007..e8461c8e58 100644
--- a/cni/Dockerfile
+++ b/cni/Dockerfile
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ FROM --platform=linux/${ARCH} mcr.microsoft.com/cbl-mariner/base/core@sha256:a49
 FROM go AS azure-vnet
 ARG OS
 ARG VERSION
+ARG CNI_AI_PATH
+ARG CNI_AI_ID
 WORKDIR /azure-container-networking
 COPY . .
 RUN GOOS=$OS CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -a -o /go/bin/azure-vnet -trimpath -ldflags "-X main.version="$VERSION"" -gcflags="-dwarflocationlists=true" cni/network/plugin/main.go
-RUN GOOS=$OS CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -a -o /go/bin/azure-vnet-telemetry -trimpath -ldflags "-X main.version="$VERSION"" -gcflags="-dwarflocationlists=true" cni/telemetry/service/telemetrymain.go
+RUN GOOS=$OS CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -a -o /go/bin/azure-vnet-telemetry -trimpath -ldflags "-X main.version="$VERSION" -X "$CNI_AI_PATH"="$CNI_AI_ID"" -gcflags="-dwarflocationlists=true" cni/telemetry/service/telemetrymain.go
 RUN GOOS=$OS CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -a -o /go/bin/azure-vnet-ipam -trimpath -ldflags "-X main.version="$VERSION"" -gcflags="-dwarflocationlists=true" cni/ipam/plugin/main.go
 RUN GOOS=$OS CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -a -o /go/bin/azure-vnet-stateless -trimpath -ldflags "-X main.version="$VERSION"" -gcflags="-dwarflocationlists=true" cni/network/stateless/main.go
 
diff --git a/cni/telemetry/service/telemetrymain.go b/cni/telemetry/service/telemetrymain.go
index bf21571d0b..8c278eafe2 100644
--- a/cni/telemetry/service/telemetrymain.go
+++ b/cni/telemetry/service/telemetrymain.go
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ func main() {
 		GetEnvRetryWaitTimeInSecs:    config.GetEnvRetryWaitTimeInSecs,
 	}
 
-	if tb.CreateAITelemetryHandle(aiConfig, config.DisableAll, config.DisableTrace, config.DisableMetric) != nil {
-		logger.Error("AI Handle creation error", zap.Error(err))
+	if err := tb.CreateAITelemetryHandle(aiConfig, config.DisableAll, config.DisableTrace, config.DisableMetric); err != nil { // nolint
+		logger.Error("AI Handle creation error:", zap.Error(err))
 	}
 	logger.Info("Report to host interval", zap.Duration("seconds", config.ReportToHostIntervalInSeconds))
 	tb.PushData(context.Background())
diff --git a/cns/service/main.go b/cns/service/main.go
index 5219ed25de..762e26b342 100644
--- a/cns/service/main.go
+++ b/cns/service/main.go
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if telemetryDaemonEnabled {
-		logger.Printf("CNI Telemtry is enabled")
+		logger.Printf("CNI Telemetry is enabled")
 		go startTelemetryService(rootCtx)
 	}
 
diff --git a/telemetry/aiwrapper_test.go b/telemetry/aiwrapper_test.go
index c10e39fe70..326e99f55d 100644
--- a/telemetry/aiwrapper_test.go
+++ b/telemetry/aiwrapper_test.go
@@ -17,15 +17,7 @@ func TestCreateAITelemetryHandle(t *testing.T) {
 		wantErr       bool
 	}{
 		{
-			name:          "disable telemetry",
-			aiConfig:      aitelemetry.AIConfig{},
-			disableAll:    false,
-			disableMetric: true,
-			disableTrace:  true,
-			wantErr:       true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:          "empty aiconfig",
+			name:          "disabled telemetry with empty aiconfig",
 			aiConfig:      aitelemetry.AIConfig{},
 			disableAll:    true,
 			disableMetric: true,