diff --git a/azurerm/internal/services/network/resource_arm_loadbalancer.go b/azurerm/internal/services/network/resource_arm_loadbalancer.go
index f6ddeb6fd41f..a144565418a0 100644
--- a/azurerm/internal/services/network/resource_arm_loadbalancer.go
+++ b/azurerm/internal/services/network/resource_arm_loadbalancer.go
@@ -81,10 +81,9 @@ func resourceArmLoadBalancer() *schema.Resource {
 						},
 
 						"private_ip_address": {
-							Type:         schema.TypeString,
-							Optional:     true,
-							Computed:     true,
-							ValidateFunc: validate.IPv4AddressOrEmpty,
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
+							Optional: true,
+							Computed: true,
 						},
 
 						"private_ip_address_version": {