diff --git a/.changelog/5166.txt b/.changelog/5166.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1386cea3910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/5166.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+eventarc: fixed bug where resources could not be deleted out of bounds
+```
diff --git a/google/resource_assured_workloads_workload.go b/google/resource_assured_workloads_workload.go
index 952419f7266..4590eb54118 100644
--- a/google/resource_assured_workloads_workload.go
+++ b/google/resource_assured_workloads_workload.go
@@ -279,9 +279,8 @@ func resourceAssuredWorkloadsWorkloadRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface
 	client := NewDCLAssuredWorkloadsClient(config, userAgent, billingProject)
 	res, err := client.GetWorkload(context.Background(), obj)
 	if err != nil {
-		// Resource not found
-		d.SetId("")
-		return err
+		resourceName := fmt.Sprintf("AssuredWorkloadsWorkload %q", d.Id())
+		return handleNotFoundDCLError(err, d, resourceName)
 	}
 
 	if err = d.Set("billing_account", res.BillingAccount); err != nil {
diff --git a/google/resource_compute_firewall_policy.go b/google/resource_compute_firewall_policy.go
index 334185f522c..9ba5084b71d 100644
--- a/google/resource_compute_firewall_policy.go
+++ b/google/resource_compute_firewall_policy.go
@@ -183,9 +183,8 @@ func resourceComputeFirewallPolicyRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 	client := NewDCLComputeClient(config, userAgent, billingProject)
 	res, err := client.GetFirewallPolicy(context.Background(), obj)
 	if err != nil {
-		// Resource not found
-		d.SetId("")
-		return err
+		resourceName := fmt.Sprintf("ComputeFirewallPolicy %q", d.Id())
+		return handleNotFoundDCLError(err, d, resourceName)
 	}
 
 	if err = d.Set("parent", res.Parent); err != nil {
diff --git a/google/resource_compute_firewall_policy_association.go b/google/resource_compute_firewall_policy_association.go
index d2aee598810..b8bc48a3632 100644
--- a/google/resource_compute_firewall_policy_association.go
+++ b/google/resource_compute_firewall_policy_association.go
@@ -136,9 +136,8 @@ func resourceComputeFirewallPolicyAssociationRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta i
 	client := NewDCLComputeClient(config, userAgent, billingProject)
 	res, err := client.GetFirewallPolicyAssociation(context.Background(), obj)
 	if err != nil {
-		// Resource not found
-		d.SetId("")
-		return err
+		resourceName := fmt.Sprintf("ComputeFirewallPolicyAssociation %q", d.Id())
+		return handleNotFoundDCLError(err, d, resourceName)
 	}
 
 	if err = d.Set("attachment_target", res.AttachmentTarget); err != nil {
diff --git a/google/resource_compute_firewall_policy_rule.go b/google/resource_compute_firewall_policy_rule.go
index d63914d6198..240c1e8e37d 100644
--- a/google/resource_compute_firewall_policy_rule.go
+++ b/google/resource_compute_firewall_policy_rule.go
@@ -251,9 +251,8 @@ func resourceComputeFirewallPolicyRuleRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfac
 	client := NewDCLComputeClient(config, userAgent, billingProject)
 	res, err := client.GetFirewallPolicyRule(context.Background(), obj)
 	if err != nil {
-		// Resource not found
-		d.SetId("")
-		return err
+		resourceName := fmt.Sprintf("ComputeFirewallPolicyRule %q", d.Id())
+		return handleNotFoundDCLError(err, d, resourceName)
 	}
 
 	if err = d.Set("action", res.Action); err != nil {
diff --git a/google/resource_dataproc_workflow_template.go b/google/resource_dataproc_workflow_template.go
index 25a456b294e..e8950492d43 100644
--- a/google/resource_dataproc_workflow_template.go
+++ b/google/resource_dataproc_workflow_template.go
@@ -1798,9 +1798,8 @@ func resourceDataprocWorkflowTemplateRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface
 	client := NewDCLDataprocClient(config, userAgent, billingProject)
 	res, err := client.GetWorkflowTemplate(context.Background(), obj)
 	if err != nil {
-		// Resource not found
-		d.SetId("")
-		return err
+		resourceName := fmt.Sprintf("DataprocWorkflowTemplate %q", d.Id())
+		return handleNotFoundDCLError(err, d, resourceName)
 	}
 
 	if err = d.Set("jobs", flattenDataprocWorkflowTemplateJobsArray(res.Jobs)); err != nil {
diff --git a/google/resource_eventarc_trigger.go b/google/resource_eventarc_trigger.go
index 15fec496031..6841e008aef 100644
--- a/google/resource_eventarc_trigger.go
+++ b/google/resource_eventarc_trigger.go
@@ -312,9 +312,8 @@ func resourceEventarcTriggerRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 	client := NewDCLEventarcClient(config, userAgent, billingProject)
 	res, err := client.GetTrigger(context.Background(), obj)
 	if err != nil {
-		// Resource not found
-		d.SetId("")
-		return err
+		resourceName := fmt.Sprintf("EventarcTrigger %q", d.Id())
+		return handleNotFoundDCLError(err, d, resourceName)
 	}
 
 	if err = d.Set("destination", flattenEventarcTriggerDestination(res.Destination)); err != nil {
diff --git a/google/resource_privateca_certificate_template.go b/google/resource_privateca_certificate_template.go
index 5701b19bf06..ccb7815454e 100644
--- a/google/resource_privateca_certificate_template.go
+++ b/google/resource_privateca_certificate_template.go
@@ -545,9 +545,8 @@ func resourcePrivatecaCertificateTemplateRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta inter
 	client := NewDCLPrivatecaClient(config, userAgent, billingProject)
 	res, err := client.GetCertificateTemplate(context.Background(), obj)
 	if err != nil {
-		// Resource not found
-		d.SetId("")
-		return err
+		resourceName := fmt.Sprintf("PrivatecaCertificateTemplate %q", d.Id())
+		return handleNotFoundDCLError(err, d, resourceName)
 	}
 
 	if err = d.Set("location", res.Location); err != nil {
diff --git a/google/tpgtools_utils.go b/google/tpgtools_utils.go
index 261c679524d..cdcb287d27b 100644
--- a/google/tpgtools_utils.go
+++ b/google/tpgtools_utils.go
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 package google
 
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+
+	dcl "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/declarative-resource-client-library/dcl"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/errwrap"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
+)
+
 func oldValue(old, new interface{}) interface{} {
 	return old
 }
+
+func handleNotFoundDCLError(err error, d *schema.ResourceData, resourceName string) error {
+	if dcl.IsNotFound(err) {
+		log.Printf("[WARN] Removing %s because it's gone", resourceName)
+		// The resource doesn't exist anymore
+		d.SetId("")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return errwrap.Wrapf(
+		fmt.Sprintf("Error when reading or editing %s: {{err}}", resourceName), err)
+}