diff --git a/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_virtual_machine.go b/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_virtual_machine.go
index feba29258..0f763cd7c 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_virtual_machine.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_virtual_machine.go
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ func resourceArmVirtualMachineCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) e
 		StorageProfile: &storageProfile,
 	}
 
-	if v, ok := d.GetOk(""); ok {
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("license_type"); ok {
 		license := v.(string)
 		properties.LicenseType = &license
 	}