diff --git a/internal/resource/cluster.go b/internal/resource/cluster.go
index 06a9404..67ec3be 100644
--- a/internal/resource/cluster.go
+++ b/internal/resource/cluster.go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (r *clusterResource) Delete(ctx context.Context, req resource.DeleteRequest
 
 		if err = wait.PollWithContext(ctx, 10*time.Second, 10*time.Minute, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 			response, err := r.client.GetCluster(ctx, data.Id.ValueStringPointer())
-			if client.IsNotFound(err) || response.Cluster == nil {
+			if client.IsNotFound(err) || response == nil || response.Cluster == nil {
 				return true, nil
 			}