diff --git a/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_floating_ip.go b/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_floating_ip.go
index 03e4b07467..bb8bee00ba 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_floating_ip.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_floating_ip.go
@@ -83,8 +83,10 @@ func resourceDigitalOceanFloatingIpRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}
 	}
 
 	if _, ok := d.GetOk("droplet_id"); ok {
-		log.Printf("[INFO] The region of the Droplet is %s", floatingIp.Droplet.Region)
-		d.Set("region", floatingIp.Droplet.Region.Slug)
+		if floatingIp.Droplet != nil {
+			log.Printf("[INFO] The region of the Droplet is %s", floatingIp.Droplet.Region)
+			d.Set("region", floatingIp.Droplet.Region.Slug)
+		}
 	} else {
 		d.Set("region", floatingIp.Region.Slug)
 	}