diff --git a/internal/services/serviceprincipals/service_principal_resource_test.go b/internal/services/serviceprincipals/service_principal_resource_test.go
index 0efc2b87ce..b31e697a69 100644
--- a/internal/services/serviceprincipals/service_principal_resource_test.go
+++ b/internal/services/serviceprincipals/service_principal_resource_test.go
@@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ func TestAccServicePrincipal_featuresUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	r := ServicePrincipalResource{}
 
 	data.ResourceTest(t, r, []resource.TestStep{
+		{
+			Config: r.noFeatures(data),
+			Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+				check.That(data.ResourceName).ExistsInAzure(r),
+			),
+		},
+		data.ImportStep("use_existing"),
 		{
 			Config: r.basic(data),
 			Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(