diff --git a/google/bigtable_app_profile.go b/google/bigtable_app_profile.go
index b5e7f2c87..bea40a12d 100644
--- a/google/bigtable_app_profile.go
+++ b/google/bigtable_app_profile.go
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ func GetBigtableAppProfileApiObject(d TerraformResourceData, config *Config) (ma
 		obj["singleClusterRouting"] = singleClusterRoutingProp
 	}
 
+	return resourceBigtableAppProfileEncoder(d, config, obj)
+}
+
+func resourceBigtableAppProfileEncoder(d TerraformResourceData, meta interface{}, obj map[string]interface{}) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	// Instance is a URL parameter only, so replace self-link/path with resource name only.
+	d.Set("instance", GetResourceNameFromSelfLink(d.Get("instance").(string)))
 	return obj, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/google/self_link_helpers.go b/google/self_link_helpers.go
index f5cb0893e..df239b7c9 100644
--- a/google/self_link_helpers.go
+++ b/google/self_link_helpers.go
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/schema"
 )
 
+// Compare only the resource name of two self links/paths.
+func compareResourceNames(_, old, new string, _ *schema.ResourceData) bool {
+	return GetResourceNameFromSelfLink(old) == GetResourceNameFromSelfLink(new)
+}
+
 // Compare only the relative path of two self links.
 func compareSelfLinkRelativePaths(_, old, new string, _ *schema.ResourceData) bool {
 	oldStripped, err := getRelativePath(old)