diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-container-toolkit/container_config.go b/cmd/nvidia-container-toolkit/container_config.go
index 5920f471..64d737ce 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-container-toolkit/container_config.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-container-toolkit/container_config.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func isPrivileged(s *Spec) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func getDevicesFromEnvvar(env map[string]string, legacyImage bool) *string {
+func getDevicesFromEnvvar(image image.CUDA) *string {
 	// Build a list of envvars to consider.
 	envVars := []string{envNVVisibleDevices}
 	if envSwarmGPU != nil {
@@ -173,35 +173,14 @@ func getDevicesFromEnvvar(env map[string]string, legacyImage bool) *string {
 		envVars = append([]string{*envSwarmGPU}, envVars...)
 	}
 
-	// Grab a reference to devices from the first envvar
-	// in the list that actually exists in the environment.
-	var devices *string
-	for _, envVar := range envVars {
-		if devs, ok := env[envVar]; ok {
-			devices = &devs
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Environment variable unset with legacy image: default to "all".
-	if devices == nil && legacyImage {
-		all := "all"
-		return &all
-	}
-
-	// Environment variable unset or empty or "void": return nil
-	if devices == nil || len(*devices) == 0 || *devices == "void" {
+	devices := image.DevicesFromEnvvars(envVars...)
+	if len(devices) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	// Environment variable set to "none": reset to "".
-	if *devices == "none" {
-		empty := ""
-		return &empty
-	}
+	devicesString := strings.Join(devices, ",")
 
-	// Any other value.
-	return devices
+	return &devicesString
 }
 
 func getDevicesFromMounts(mounts []Mount) *string {
@@ -241,7 +220,7 @@ func getDevicesFromMounts(mounts []Mount) *string {
 	return &ret
 }
 
-func getDevices(hookConfig *HookConfig, env map[string]string, mounts []Mount, privileged bool, legacyImage bool) *string {
+func getDevices(hookConfig *HookConfig, image image.CUDA, mounts []Mount, privileged bool) *string {
 	// If enabled, try and get the device list from volume mounts first
 	if hookConfig.AcceptDeviceListAsVolumeMounts {
 		devices := getDevicesFromMounts(mounts)
@@ -251,7 +230,7 @@ func getDevices(hookConfig *HookConfig, env map[string]string, mounts []Mount, p
 	}
 
 	// Fallback to reading from the environment variable if privileges are correct
-	devices := getDevicesFromEnvvar(env, legacyImage)
+	devices := getDevicesFromEnvvar(image)
 	if devices == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -307,7 +286,7 @@ func getNvidiaConfig(hookConfig *HookConfig, image image.CUDA, mounts []Mount, p
 	legacyImage := image.IsLegacy()
 
 	var devices string
-	if d := getDevices(hookConfig, image, mounts, privileged, legacyImage); d != nil {
+	if d := getDevices(hookConfig, image, mounts, privileged); d != nil {
 		devices = *d
 	} else {
 		// 'nil' devices means this is not a GPU container.
diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-container-toolkit/container_config_test.go b/cmd/nvidia-container-toolkit/container_config_test.go
index 19d0bf23..f1660db1 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-container-toolkit/container_config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-container-toolkit/container_config_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/config/image"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -671,7 +672,7 @@ func TestDeviceListSourcePriority(t *testing.T) {
 				hookConfig := getDefaultHookConfig()
 				hookConfig.AcceptEnvvarUnprivileged = tc.acceptUnprivileged
 				hookConfig.AcceptDeviceListAsVolumeMounts = tc.acceptMounts
-				devices = getDevices(&hookConfig, env, tc.mountDevices, tc.privileged, false)
+				devices = getDevices(&hookConfig, env, tc.mountDevices, tc.privileged)
 			}
 
 			// For all other tests, just grab the devices and check the results
@@ -693,7 +694,6 @@ func TestGetDevicesFromEnvvar(t *testing.T) {
 		description     string
 		envSwarmGPU     *string
 		env             map[string]string
-		legacyImage     bool
 		expectedDevices *string
 	}{
 		{
@@ -729,13 +729,15 @@ func TestGetDevicesFromEnvvar(t *testing.T) {
 			description: "NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES set returns value for legacy image",
 			env: map[string]string{
 				envNVVisibleDevices: gpuID,
+				envCUDAVersion:      "legacy",
 			},
-			legacyImage:     true,
 			expectedDevices: &gpuID,
 		},
 		{
-			description:     "empty env returns all for legacy image",
-			legacyImage:     true,
+			description: "empty env returns all for legacy image",
+			env: map[string]string{
+				envCUDAVersion: "legacy",
+			},
 			expectedDevices: &all,
 		},
 		// Add the `DOCKER_RESOURCE_GPUS` envvar and ensure that this is ignored when
@@ -781,16 +783,16 @@ func TestGetDevicesFromEnvvar(t *testing.T) {
 			env: map[string]string{
 				envNVVisibleDevices:   gpuID,
 				envDockerResourceGPUs: anotherGPUID,
+				envCUDAVersion:        "legacy",
 			},
-			legacyImage:     true,
 			expectedDevices: &gpuID,
 		},
 		{
 			description: "empty env returns all for legacy image",
 			env: map[string]string{
 				envDockerResourceGPUs: anotherGPUID,
+				envCUDAVersion:        "legacy",
 			},
-			legacyImage:     true,
 			expectedDevices: &all,
 		},
 		// Add the `DOCKER_RESOURCE_GPUS` envvar and ensure that this is selected when
@@ -834,8 +836,8 @@ func TestGetDevicesFromEnvvar(t *testing.T) {
 			envSwarmGPU: &envDockerResourceGPUs,
 			env: map[string]string{
 				envDockerResourceGPUs: gpuID,
+				envCUDAVersion:        "legacy",
 			},
-			legacyImage:     true,
 			expectedDevices: &gpuID,
 		},
 		{
@@ -860,7 +862,7 @@ func TestGetDevicesFromEnvvar(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {
 			envSwarmGPU = tc.envSwarmGPU
-			devices := getDevicesFromEnvvar(tc.env, tc.legacyImage)
+			devices := getDevicesFromEnvvar(image.CUDA(tc.env))
 			if tc.expectedDevices == nil {
 				require.Nil(t, devices, "%d: %v", i, tc)
 				return
diff --git a/internal/config/image/cuda_image.go b/internal/config/image/cuda_image.go
index 2315d4d0..b9ad4c94 100644
--- a/internal/config/image/cuda_image.go
+++ b/internal/config/image/cuda_image.go
@@ -112,6 +112,36 @@ func (i CUDA) HasDisableRequire() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// DevicesFromEnvvars returns the devices requested by the image through environment variables
+func (i CUDA) DevicesFromEnvvars(envVars ...string) []string {
+	// Grab a reference to devices from the first envvar
+	// in the list that actually exists in the environment.
+	var devices *string
+	for _, envVar := range envVars {
+		if devs, ok := i[envVar]; ok {
+			devices = &devs
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Environment variable unset with legacy image: default to "all".
+	if devices == nil && i.IsLegacy() {
+		return []string{"all"}
+	}
+
+	// Environment variable unset or empty or "void": return nil
+	if devices == nil || len(*devices) == 0 || *devices == "void" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Environment variable set to "none": reset to "".
+	if *devices == "none" {
+		return []string{""}
+	}
+
+	return strings.Split(*devices, ",")
+}
+
 func (i CUDA) legacyVersion() (string, error) {
 	majorMinor, err := parseMajorMinorVersion(i[envCUDAVersion])
 	if err != nil {