diff --git a/products/monitoring/terraform.yaml b/products/monitoring/terraform.yaml
index 5897d59ba970..3cfe1458d8cb 100644
--- a/products/monitoring/terraform.yaml
+++ b/products/monitoring/terraform.yaml
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ overrides: !ruby/object:Overrides::ResourceOverrides
           group_display_name: "uptime-check-group"
     custom_code: !ruby/object:Provider::Terraform::CustomCode
       custom_import: templates/terraform/custom_import/self_link_as_name.erb
+      decoder: 'templates/terraform/decoders/monitoring_uptime_check_internal.go.erb'
       extra_schema_entry: 'templates/terraform/extra_schema_entry/monitoring_uptime_check_config_internal.go.erb'
       post_create: templates/terraform/post_create/set_computed_name.erb
     properties:
diff --git a/templates/terraform/decoders/monitoring_uptime_check_internal.go.erb b/templates/terraform/decoders/monitoring_uptime_check_internal.go.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b09250fa6843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/terraform/decoders/monitoring_uptime_check_internal.go.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+d.Set("internal_checkers", nil)
+return res, nil