diff --git a/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_lb_vip_v1.go b/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_lb_vip_v1.go
index ad88fadc0..06fda190d 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_lb_vip_v1.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_lb_vip_v1.go
@@ -221,10 +221,6 @@ func resourceLBVipV1Update(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 		updateOpts.Description = &v
 	}
 
-	if d.HasChange("persistence") {
-		updateOpts.Persistence = resourceVipPersistenceV1(d)
-	}
-
 	if d.HasChange("conn_limit") {
 		updateOpts.ConnLimit = gophercloud.MaybeInt(d.Get("conn_limit").(int))
 	}
@@ -268,6 +264,9 @@ func resourceLBVipV1Update(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 		updateOpts.AdminStateUp = &asu
 	}
 
+	// Persistence has to be included, even if it hasn't changed.
+	updateOpts.Persistence = resourceVipPersistenceV1(d)
+
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Updating OpenStack LB VIP %s with options: %+v", d.Id(), updateOpts)
 
 	_, err = vips.Update(networkingClient, d.Id(), updateOpts).Extract()
diff --git a/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_lb_vip_v1_test.go b/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_lb_vip_v1_test.go
index 79124a0a5..46723dbfe 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_lb_vip_v1_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_lb_vip_v1_test.go
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ var testAccLBV1VIP_update = fmt.Sprintf(`
     protocol = "HTTP"
     port = 80
     pool_id = "${openstack_lb_pool_v1.pool_1.id}"
+    admin_state_up = true
     persistence {
       type = "SOURCE_IP"
     }
-    admin_state_up = true
   }`,
 	OS_REGION_NAME, OS_REGION_NAME, OS_REGION_NAME)