diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_firewall.go b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_firewall.go
index 2dfccb71f..a6468bce5 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_firewall.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_firewall.go
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ func resourceComputeFirewallRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 func resourceComputeFirewallUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	config := meta.(*Config)
 
+	d.Partial(true)
+
 	firewall, err := resourceFirewall(d, meta)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -195,6 +197,8 @@ func resourceComputeFirewallUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) err
 		return OperationError(*op.Error)
 	}
 
+	d.Partial(false)
+
 	return resourceComputeFirewallRead(d, meta)
 }