diff --git a/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_port_forward.go b/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_port_forward.go
index fbff933c6..64fd6a3bb 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_port_forward.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_port_forward.go
@@ -213,15 +213,8 @@ func resourceCloudStackPortForwardRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 	p.SetIpaddressid(d.Id())
 	p.SetListall(true)
 
-	// If there is a project supplied, we retrieve and set the project id
-	if project, ok := d.GetOk("project"); ok {
-		// Retrieve the project ID
-		projectid, e := retrieveID(cs, "project", project.(string))
-		if e != nil {
-			return e.Error()
-		}
-		// Set the default project ID
-		p.SetProjectid(projectid)
+	if err := setProjectid(p, cs, d); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	l, err := cs.Firewall.ListPortForwardingRules(p)