diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_instance_template.go b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_instance_template.go
index f09ba54ac..9a5638e29 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_instance_template.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_instance_template.go
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ func resourceComputeInstanceTemplateCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfac
 		}
 
 		serviceAccount := &compute.ServiceAccount{
-			Email:  "email",
+			Email:  email,
 			Scopes: scopes,
 		}