diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tpgresource/annotations.go b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tpgresource/annotations.go
index f6a14211c8e8..183356e1cb44 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tpgresource/annotations.go
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tpgresource/annotations.go
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 func SetAnnotationsDiff(_ context.Context, d *schema.ResourceDiff, meta interface{}) error {
+	raw := d.Get("annotations")
+	if raw == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	o, n := d.GetChange("annotations")
 	effectiveAnnotations := d.Get("effective_annotations").(map[string]interface{})
 
@@ -34,6 +39,11 @@ func SetMetadataAnnotationsDiff(_ context.Context, d *schema.ResourceDiff, meta
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	raw := d.Get("metadata.0.annotations")
+	if raw == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	o, n := d.GetChange("metadata.0.annotations")
 	effectiveAnnotations := d.Get("metadata.0.effective_annotations").(map[string]interface{})
 
diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tpgresource/labels.go b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tpgresource/labels.go
index c07cdfd486a5..0a241e14e1fe 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tpgresource/labels.go
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tpgresource/labels.go
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ func SetLabelsDiff(_ context.Context, d *schema.ResourceDiff, meta interface{})
 		terraformLabels[k] = v
 	}
 
-	labels := d.Get("labels").(map[string]interface{})
+	raw := d.Get("labels")
+	if raw == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	labels := raw.(map[string]interface{})
 	for k, v := range labels {
 		terraformLabels[k] = v.(string)
 	}
@@ -71,6 +76,11 @@ func SetMetadataLabelsDiff(_ context.Context, d *schema.ResourceDiff, meta inter
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	raw := d.Get("metadata.0.labels")
+	if raw == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	config := meta.(*transport_tpg.Config)
 
 	// Merge provider default labels with the user defined labels in the resource to get terraform managed labels
@@ -79,7 +89,7 @@ func SetMetadataLabelsDiff(_ context.Context, d *schema.ResourceDiff, meta inter
 		terraformLabels[k] = v
 	}
 
-	labels := d.Get("metadata.0.labels").(map[string]interface{})
+	labels := raw.(map[string]interface{})
 	for k, v := range labels {
 		terraformLabels[k] = v.(string)
 	}