diff --git a/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_compute_instance.go b/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_compute_instance.go
index fb2a60e06a8d..848575e2f143 100644
--- a/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_compute_instance.go
+++ b/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_compute_instance.go
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ func expandComputeInstance(project string, d *schema.ResourceData, config *Confi
 				"Error loading machine type: %s",
 				err)
 		}
-		machineTypeUrl = machineType.SelfLink
+		machineTypeUrl = machineType.RelativeLink()
 	}
 
 	// Build up the list of disks
diff --git a/third_party/validator/compute_instance.go b/third_party/validator/compute_instance.go
index 2c5e926e6625..0bad89cf2a51 100644
--- a/third_party/validator/compute_instance.go
+++ b/third_party/validator/compute_instance.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func expandComputeInstance(project string, d TerraformResourceData, config *Conf
 				"Error loading machine type: %s",
 				err)
 		}
-		machineTypeUrl = machineType.SelfLink
+		machineTypeUrl = machineType.RelativeLink()
 	}
 
 	// Build up the list of disks