diff --git a/terraform/transform_destroy_edge.go b/terraform/transform_destroy_edge.go
index a04b3ae7e..41940d37a 100644
--- a/terraform/transform_destroy_edge.go
+++ b/terraform/transform_destroy_edge.go
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ func (t *DestroyEdgeTransformer) Transform(g *Graph) error {
 		&AttachResourceConfigTransformer{Config: t.Config},
 		&AttachStateTransformer{State: t.State},
 
-		TransformProviders(nil, providerFn, t.Config),
-
 		// Add all the variables. We can depend on resources through
 		// variables due to module parameters, and we need to properly
 		// determine that.
@@ -145,6 +143,8 @@ func (t *DestroyEdgeTransformer) Transform(g *Graph) error {
 		// extract references from config.
 		&AttachSchemaTransformer{Components: t.Components},
 
+		TransformProviders(nil, providerFn, t.Config),
+
 		&ReferenceTransformer{},
 	}