diff --git a/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_virtual_machine.go b/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_virtual_machine.go
index 93e49fa27..4145e8f02 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_virtual_machine.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_virtual_machine.go
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ func resourceArmVirtualMachine() *schema.Resource {
 							Required: true,
 						},
 						"ssh_keys": &schema.Schema{
-							Type:     schema.TypeSet,
+							Type:     schema.TypeList,
 							Optional: true,
 							Elem: &schema.Resource{
 								Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@ func resourceArmVirtualMachine() *schema.Resource {
 									},
 								},
 							},
-							Set: resourceArmVirtualMachineStorageOsProfileLinuxConfigSshKeyHash,
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -491,7 +490,7 @@ func resourceArmVirtualMachineRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) err
 	}
 
 	if resp.Properties.OsProfile.LinuxConfiguration != nil {
-		if err := d.Set("os_profile_linux_config", schema.NewSet(resourceArmVirtualMachineStorageOsProfileLinuxConfigHash, flattenAzureRmVirtualMachineOsProfileLinuxConfiguration(resp.Properties.OsProfile.LinuxConfiguration))); err != nil {
+		if err := d.Set("os_profile_linux_config", flattenAzureRmVirtualMachineOsProfileLinuxConfiguration(resp.Properties.OsProfile.LinuxConfiguration)); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("[DEBUG] Error setting Virtual Machine Storage OS Profile Linux Configuration: %#v", err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -586,17 +585,6 @@ func resourceArmVirtualMachineStorageOsDiskHash(v interface{}) int {
 	return hashcode.String(buf.String())
 }
 
-func resourceArmVirtualMachineStorageOsProfileLinuxConfigSshKeyHash(v interface{}) int {
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	m := v.(map[string]interface{})
-	buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s-", m["path"].(string)))
-	if m["key_data"] != nil {
-		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s-", m["key_data"].(string)))
-	}
-
-	return hashcode.String(buf.String())
-}
-
 func resourceArmVirtualMachineStorageOsProfileLinuxConfigHash(v interface{}) int {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	m := v.(map[string]interface{})
@@ -747,15 +735,15 @@ func flattenAzureRmVirtualMachineOsProfileWindowsConfiguration(config *compute.W
 }
 
 func flattenAzureRmVirtualMachineOsProfileLinuxConfiguration(config *compute.LinuxConfiguration) []interface{} {
-	result := map[string]interface{}{
-		"disable_password_authentication": *config.DisablePasswordAuthentication,
-	}
+
+	result := make(map[string]interface{})
+	result["disable_password_authentication"] = *config.DisablePasswordAuthentication
 
 	if config.SSH != nil && len(*config.SSH.PublicKeys) > 0 {
-		ssh_keys := make([]map[string]interface{}, 0, len(*config.SSH.PublicKeys))
+		ssh_keys := make([]map[string]interface{}, len(*config.SSH.PublicKeys))
 		for _, i := range *config.SSH.PublicKeys {
 			key := make(map[string]interface{})
-			key["name"] = *i.Path
+			key["path"] = *i.Path
 
 			if i.KeyData != nil {
 				key["key_data"] = *i.KeyData
@@ -910,7 +898,7 @@ func expandAzureRmVirtualMachineOsProfileLinuxConfig(d *schema.ResourceData) (*c
 		DisablePasswordAuthentication: &disablePasswordAuth,
 	}
 
-	linuxKeys := linuxConfig["ssh_keys"].(*schema.Set).List()
+	linuxKeys := linuxConfig["ssh_keys"].([]interface{})
 	sshPublicKeys := make([]compute.SSHPublicKey, 0, len(linuxKeys))
 	for _, key := range linuxKeys {
 		sshKey := key.(map[string]interface{})
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/azurerm/r/virtual_machine.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/azurerm/r/virtual_machine.html.markdown
index d2b6233bf..892f8ba91 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/azurerm/r/virtual_machine.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/azurerm/r/virtual_machine.html.markdown
@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ For more information on the different example configurations, please check out t
 `os_profile_linux_config` supports the following:
 
 * `disable_password_authentication` - (Required) Specifies whether password authentication should be disabled.
-* `ssh_keys` - (Optional) Specifies a collection of `path` and `key_data` to be placed on the virtual machine.
+* `ssh_keys` - (Optional) Specifies a collection of `path` and `key_data` to be placed on the virtual machine. 
+
+~> **Note:** Please note that the only allowed `path` is `/home/<username>/.ssh/authorized_keys` due to a limitation of Azure_
 
 `os_profile_secrets` supports the following: