diff --git a/command/init_test.go b/command/init_test.go
index 6e5985944..bda5fe06e 100644
--- a/command/init_test.go
+++ b/command/init_test.go
@@ -456,6 +456,52 @@ func TestInit_backendConfigKVReInit(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestInit_backendConfigKVReInitWithConfigDiff(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a temporary working directory that is empty
+	td := tempDir(t)
+	copy.CopyDir(testFixturePath("init-backend"), td)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(td)
+	defer testChdir(t, td)()
+
+	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
+	c := &InitCommand{
+		Meta: Meta{
+			testingOverrides: metaOverridesForProvider(testProvider()),
+			Ui:               ui,
+		},
+	}
+
+	args := []string{"-input=false"}
+	if code := c.Run(args); code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: \n%s", ui.ErrorWriter.String())
+	}
+
+	ui = new(cli.MockUi)
+	c = &InitCommand{
+		Meta: Meta{
+			testingOverrides: metaOverridesForProvider(testProvider()),
+			Ui:               ui,
+		},
+	}
+
+	// a second init with identical config should require no changes, nor
+	// should it change the backend.
+	args = []string{"-input=false", "-backend-config", "path=foo"}
+	if code := c.Run(args); code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: \n%s", ui.ErrorWriter.String())
+	}
+
+	// make sure the backend is configured how we expect
+	configState := testDataStateRead(t, filepath.Join(DefaultDataDir, DefaultStateFilename))
+	cfg := map[string]interface{}{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(configState.Backend.ConfigRaw, &cfg); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if cfg["path"] != "foo" {
+		t.Fatalf(`expected backend path="foo", got path="%v"`, cfg["foo"])
+	}
+}
+
 func TestInit_targetSubdir(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create a temporary working directory that is empty
 	td := tempDir(t)
diff --git a/command/meta_backend.go b/command/meta_backend.go
index 738a0b94f..205361cba 100644
--- a/command/meta_backend.go
+++ b/command/meta_backend.go
@@ -185,9 +185,8 @@ func (m *Meta) BackendForPlan(settings plans.Backend) (backend.Enhanced, tfdiags
 	if validateDiags.HasErrors() {
 		return nil, diags
 	}
-	configVal = newVal
 
-	configureDiags := b.Configure(configVal)
+	configureDiags := b.Configure(newVal)
 	diags = diags.Append(configureDiags)
 
 	// If the backend supports CLI initialization, do it.
@@ -922,9 +921,8 @@ func (m *Meta) backend_C_r_S_unchanged(c *configs.Backend, cHash int, sMgr *stat
 	if validDiags.HasErrors() {
 		return nil, diags
 	}
-	configVal = newVal
 
-	configDiags := b.Configure(configVal)
+	configDiags := b.Configure(newVal)
 	diags = diags.Append(configDiags)
 	if configDiags.HasErrors() {
 		return nil, diags
@@ -1051,9 +1049,8 @@ func (m *Meta) backendInitFromConfig(c *configs.Backend) (backend.Backend, cty.V
 	if validateDiags.HasErrors() {
 		return nil, cty.NilVal, diags
 	}
-	configVal = newVal
 
-	configureDiags := b.Configure(configVal)
+	configureDiags := b.Configure(newVal)
 	diags = diags.Append(configureDiags.InConfigBody(c.Config))
 
 	return b, configVal, diags
@@ -1082,9 +1079,8 @@ func (m *Meta) backendInitFromSaved(s *terraform.BackendState) (backend.Backend,
 	if validateDiags.HasErrors() {
 		return nil, diags
 	}
-	configVal = newVal
 
-	configureDiags := b.Configure(configVal)
+	configureDiags := b.Configure(newVal)
 	diags = diags.Append(configureDiags)
 
 	return b, diags
diff --git a/command/meta_backend_migrate.go b/command/meta_backend_migrate.go
index 8d020f90a..9227844a1 100644
--- a/command/meta_backend_migrate.go
+++ b/command/meta_backend_migrate.go
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ func (m *Meta) backendMigrateState(opts *backendMigrateOpts) error {
 	// Multi-state to multi-state. We merge the states together (migrating
 	// each from the source to the destination one by one).
 	case !oneSingle && !twoSingle:
-		fmt.Printf("STATES: %q\n", oneStates)
 		// If the source only has one state and it is the default,
 		// treat it as if it doesn't support multi-state.
 		if len(oneStates) == 1 && oneStates[0] == backend.DefaultStateName {