diff --git a/internal/terraform/node_resource_destroy.go b/internal/terraform/node_resource_destroy.go
index c4f4d4b01..8dd9e21b9 100644
--- a/internal/terraform/node_resource_destroy.go
+++ b/internal/terraform/node_resource_destroy.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func (n *NodeDestroyResourceInstance) managedResourceExecute(ctx EvalContext) (d
 
 	changeApply, err = n.readDiff(ctx, providerSchema)
 	diags = diags.Append(err)
-	if diags.HasErrors() {
+	if changeApply == nil || diags.HasErrors() {
 		return diags
 	}