diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0906e14fbe..a9dc410110 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ## \[5.7.6\]
 
 - Prefix user visible errors with its source.
+- Fix accelerator optimized machine type SMT handling.
+- Fix accelerator optimized machine type socket handling.
 
 ## \[5.7.5\]
 
diff --git a/scripts/util.py b/scripts/util.py
index 952fcd9f4b..16002e30be 100755
--- a/scripts/util.py
+++ b/scripts/util.py
@@ -1067,22 +1067,16 @@ def get_insert_operations(group_ids, flt=None, project=None, compute=compute):
 
 
 def machine_type_sockets(template):
-    pattern = re.compile("^(?P<family>[^-]+)-(?P<type>[^-]+)-(?P<core>[^-]+)$")
+    pattern = re.compile("^(?P<family>[^-]+)")
     m = pattern.match(template.machineType)
     if not m:
         raise Exception(f"template {template} does not match expected regex")
     family = m.group("family")
-    try:
-        core_count = int(m.group("core"))
-    except ValueError:
-        log.warning(
-            f"core count in machine type {template.machineType} is not an integer. Default to 1 socket."
-        )
-        return 1
+    guestCpus: int = int(template.machine_info.guestCpus)
     socket_count = dict.get(
         {
             "h3": 2,
-            "c2d": 2 if core_count > 56 else 1,
+            "c2d": 2 if guestCpus > 56 else 1,
         },
         family,
         1,  # assume 1 socket for all other families
@@ -1092,11 +1086,11 @@ def machine_type_sockets(template):
 
 def isSmt(template):
     machineType: str = template.machineType
+    guestCpus: int = int(template.machine_info.guestCpus)
 
-    pattern = re.compile("^(?P<family>[^-]+)-(?P<type>[^-]+)-(?P<core>[^-]+)$")
+    pattern = re.compile("^(?P<family>[^-]+)")
     matches = pattern.match(machineType)
     machineTypeFamily: str = matches["family"]
-    machineTypeCore: int = int(matches["core"])
 
     # https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/cpu-platforms
     noSmtFamily = [
@@ -1106,7 +1100,7 @@ def isSmt(template):
     ]
     if machineTypeFamily in noSmtFamily:
         return False
-    elif machineTypeCore == 1:
+    elif guestCpus == 1:
         return False
     return True