diff --git a/builtin/providers/test/resource_nested_set_test.go b/builtin/providers/test/resource_nested_set_test.go
index e782bb7fb..fac38ef6d 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/test/resource_nested_set_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/test/resource_nested_set_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,46 @@ resource "test_resource_nested_set" "foo" {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestResourceNestedSet_basicImport(t *testing.T) {
+	resource.UnitTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckResourceDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: strings.TrimSpace(`
+resource "test_resource_nested_set" "foo" {
+	single {
+		value = "bar"
+	}
+}
+				`),
+			},
+			resource.TestStep{
+				ImportState:  true,
+				ResourceName: "test_resource_nested_set.foo",
+				Config: strings.TrimSpace(`
+resource "test_resource_nested_set" "foo" {
+	single {
+		value = "bar"
+	}
+}
+				`),
+				ImportStateCheck: func(ss []*terraform.InstanceState) error {
+					for _, s := range ss {
+						if s.Attributes["multi.#"] != "0" ||
+							s.Attributes["single.#"] != "0" ||
+							s.Attributes["type_list.#"] != "0" ||
+							s.Attributes["with_list.#"] != "0" {
+							return fmt.Errorf("missing blocks in imported state:\n%s", s)
+						}
+					}
+					return nil
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 // The set should not be generated because of it's computed value
 func TestResourceNestedSet_noSet(t *testing.T) {
 	checkFunc := func(s *terraform.State) error {
diff --git a/helper/plugin/grpc_provider.go b/helper/plugin/grpc_provider.go
index bc4883cb9..db9d12cfb 100644
--- a/helper/plugin/grpc_provider.go
+++ b/helper/plugin/grpc_provider.go
@@ -967,6 +967,9 @@ func (s *GRPCProviderServer) ImportResourceState(_ context.Context, req *proto.I
 			return resp, nil
 		}
 
+		// Normalize the value and fill in any missing blocks.
+		newStateVal = objchange.NormalizeObjectFromLegacySDK(newStateVal, schemaBlock)
+
 		newStateMP, err := msgpack.Marshal(newStateVal, schemaBlock.ImpliedType())
 		if err != nil {
 			resp.Diagnostics = convert.AppendProtoDiag(resp.Diagnostics, err)