diff --git a/kubernetes/helm_charts/monitoring/alertrules/templates/promrulesNode.yml b/kubernetes/helm_charts/monitoring/alertrules/templates/promrulesNode.yml
index d5fdeb67d5..f743a8ea8e 100644
--- a/kubernetes/helm_charts/monitoring/alertrules/templates/promrulesNode.yml
+++ b/kubernetes/helm_charts/monitoring/alertrules/templates/promrulesNode.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ spec:
   - name: alertrules.nodes
     rules:
     - alert: high_cpu_usage_on_node_warning
-      expr: (avg by (instance) (irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{job="vm-node-exporter",mode="idle"}[5m])) * 100) >= {{ .Values.node_cpu_usage_percentage_threshold_Warning }} and (avg by (instance) (irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{job="vm-node-exporter",mode="idle"}[5m])) * 100) < {{ .Values.node_cpu_usage_percentage_threshold_Critical }}
+      expr: (avg by (instance) (irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{job="vm-node-exporter",mode!="idle"}[5m])) * 100) >= {{ .Values.node_cpu_usage_percentage_threshold_Warning }} and (avg by (instance) (irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{job="vm-node-exporter",mode!="idle"}[5m])) * 100) < {{ .Values.node_cpu_usage_percentage_threshold_Critical }}
       for: 1m
       labels:
         severity: warning
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spec:
         message: {{`'{{ $labels.instance }} is using a LOT of CPU. CPU usage is {{ humanize $value}}%.'`}}
         summary: {{`'HIGH CPU USAGE warning ON {{ $labels.instance }}'`}}
     - alert: high_cpu_usage_on_node_critical
-      expr: (avg by (instance) (irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{job="vm-node-exporter",mode="idle"}[5m])) * 100) >= {{ .Values.node_cpu_usage_percentage_threshold_Critical }} and (avg by (instance) (irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{job="vm-node-exporter",mode="idle"}[5m])) * 100) < {{ .Values.node_cpu_usage_percentage_threshold_Fatal }}
+      expr: (avg by (instance) (irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{job="vm-node-exporter",mode!="idle"}[5m])) * 100) >= {{ .Values.node_cpu_usage_percentage_threshold_Critical }} and (avg by (instance) (irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{job="vm-node-exporter",mode!="idle"}[5m])) * 100) < {{ .Values.node_cpu_usage_percentage_threshold_Fatal }}
       for: 1m
       labels:
         severity: critical
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ spec:
         message: {{`'{{ $labels.instance }} is using a LOT of CPU. CPU usage is {{ humanize $value}}%.'`}}
         summary: {{`'HIGH CPU USAGE warning ON {{ $labels.instance }}'`}}
     - alert: high_cpu_usage_on_node_fatal
-      expr: (avg by (instance) (irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{job="vm-node-exporter",mode="idle"}[5m])) * 100) >= {{ .Values.node_cpu_usage_percentage_threshold_Fatal }}
+      expr: (avg by (instance) (irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{job="vm-node-exporter",mode!="idle"}[5m])) * 100) >= {{ .Values.node_cpu_usage_percentage_threshold_Fatal }}
       for: 1m
       labels:
         severity: fatal