diff --git a/pkg/apis/nfd/nodefeaturerule/rule.go b/pkg/apis/nfd/nodefeaturerule/rule.go
index f243e67e7..98629497a 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/nfd/nodefeaturerule/rule.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/nfd/nodefeaturerule/rule.go
@@ -268,8 +268,11 @@ func evaluateFeatureMatcher(m *nfdv1alpha1.FeatureMatcher, features *nfdv1alpha1
 		fA, okA := features.Attributes[featureName]
 		fI, okI := features.Instances[featureName]
 		if !okF && !okA && !okI {
-			klog.V(2).InfoS("feature not available", "featureName", featureName)
-			return false, nil, nil
+			if failFast {
+				klog.V(2).InfoS("feature not available", "featureName", featureName)
+				return false, nil, nil
+			}
+			continue
 		}
 
 		if term.MatchExpressions != nil {