diff --git a/google/resource_compute_instance.go b/google/resource_compute_instance.go
index b1e1f824..8a7c7178 100644
--- a/google/resource_compute_instance.go
+++ b/google/resource_compute_instance.go
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ func resourceComputeInstanceCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) err
 	switch computeApiVersion {
 	case v1:
 		instanceV1 := &compute.Instance{}
-		err := Convert(instance, instanceV1)
+		err = Convert(instance, instanceV1)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}