diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/container/resource_container_cluster.go.erb b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/container/resource_container_cluster.go.erb
index e3b59b771e22..8488e2402678 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/container/resource_container_cluster.go.erb
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/container/resource_container_cluster.go.erb
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ var (
 
 	suppressDiffForAutopilot = schema.SchemaDiffSuppressFunc(func(k, oldValue, newValue string, d *schema.ResourceData) bool {
 		if v, _ := d.Get("enable_autopilot").(bool); v {
-			return true
+			// If there is an ID we can safely assume the cluster already exists and return true.
+			// If there is no ID we don't need to supress any diffs and return false.
+			return d.Id() != ""
 		}
 		return false
 	})