diff --git a/builtin/providers/azurerm/import_arm_virtual_network_test.go b/builtin/providers/azurerm/import_arm_virtual_network_test.go
index d6e594e7a..1f06ca05d 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/azurerm/import_arm_virtual_network_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/azurerm/import_arm_virtual_network_test.go
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ func TestAccAzureRMVirtualNetwork_importBasic(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 
 			resource.TestStep{
-				ResourceName:            resourceName,
-				ImportState:             true,
-				ImportStateVerify:       true,
-				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"resource_group_name"},
+				ResourceName:      resourceName,
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
 			},
 		},
 	})
diff --git a/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_virtual_network.go b/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_virtual_network.go
index 8c7ed205f..d944e788c 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_virtual_network.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_virtual_network.go
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ func resourceArmVirtualNetworkRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) err
 	vnet := *resp.Properties
 
 	// update appropriate values
+	d.Set("resource_group_name", resGroup)
 	d.Set("name", resp.Name)
 	d.Set("location", resp.Location)
 	d.Set("address_space", vnet.AddressSpace.AddressPrefixes)