diff --git a/google/resource_compute_region_instance_group_manager.go b/google/resource_compute_region_instance_group_manager.go
index 2d8188ec..13f42715 100644
--- a/google/resource_compute_region_instance_group_manager.go
+++ b/google/resource_compute_region_instance_group_manager.go
@@ -295,7 +295,10 @@ func getRegionalManager(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) (*computeBeta.
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	region := d.Get("region").(string)
+	region, err := getRegion(d, config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	manager := &computeBeta.InstanceGroupManager{}
 
 	switch computeApiVersion {
diff --git a/google/resource_compute_region_instance_group_manager_test.go b/google/resource_compute_region_instance_group_manager_test.go
index fab041ee..870b96a7 100644
--- a/google/resource_compute_region_instance_group_manager_test.go
+++ b/google/resource_compute_region_instance_group_manager_test.go
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ func TestAccRegionInstanceGroupManager_update(t *testing.T) {
 						&manager),
 				),
 			},
+			resource.TestStep{
+				ResourceName:            "google_compute_region_instance_group_manager.igm-update",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"update_strategy"},
+			},
 		},
 	})
 }