diff --git a/google/resource_compute_address.go b/google/resource_compute_address.go
index 28b2a462..609dd903 100644
--- a/google/resource_compute_address.go
+++ b/google/resource_compute_address.go
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ func flattenComputeAddressUsers(v interface{}) interface{} {
 }
 
 func flattenComputeAddressRegion(v interface{}) interface{} {
-	return v
+	return NameFromSelfLinkStateFunc(v)
 }
 
 func expandComputeAddressAddress(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData, config *Config) (interface{}, error) {