diff --git a/google/resource_compute_project_metadata.go b/google/resource_compute_project_metadata.go
index 68ea8c4a..b6792c01 100644
--- a/google/resource_compute_project_metadata.go
+++ b/google/resource_compute_project_metadata.go
@@ -60,11 +60,13 @@ func resourceComputeProjectMetadataCreateOrUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta i
 func resourceComputeProjectMetadataRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	config := meta.(*Config)
 
-	if d.Id() == "" {
-		projectID, err := getProject(d, config)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	projectID, err := getProject(d, config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if d.Id() == "" || d.Id() != projectID {
+		log.Printf("[DEBUG] Setting ID to: %s", projectID)
 		d.SetId(projectID)
 	}