diff --git a/backend/local/hook_count.go b/backend/local/hook_count.go
index 4708159dc..0981ec1c0 100644
--- a/backend/local/hook_count.go
+++ b/backend/local/hook_count.go
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ func (h *CountHook) PostDiff(
 		return terraform.HookActionContinue, nil
 	}
 
+	// Don't count anything for a Quiet diff
+	if d.Quiet {
+		return terraform.HookActionContinue, nil
+	}
+
 	switch d.ChangeType() {
 	case terraform.DiffDestroyCreate:
 		h.ToRemoveAndAdd += 1
diff --git a/terraform/diff.go b/terraform/diff.go
index a9fae6c2c..b179a2766 100644
--- a/terraform/diff.go
+++ b/terraform/diff.go
@@ -373,6 +373,11 @@ type InstanceDiff struct {
 	// mean to be used for additional data a resource may want to pass through.
 	// The value here must only contain Go primitives and collections.
 	Meta map[string]interface{}
+
+	// Quiet should be set when this diff exists only for purposes of providing a
+	// diff to various pre-plan or dry-run steps in the graph. A diff with this
+	// enabled should not be acted on in the plan.
+	Quiet bool
 }
 
 func (d *InstanceDiff) Lock()   { d.mu.Lock() }
diff --git a/terraform/eval_diff.go b/terraform/eval_diff.go
index 6f09526a4..b5258c9fb 100644
--- a/terraform/eval_diff.go
+++ b/terraform/eval_diff.go
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ type EvalDiff struct {
 	// Resource is needed to fetch the ignore_changes list so we can
 	// filter user-requested ignored attributes from the diff.
 	Resource *config.Resource
+
+	// Quiet is used to indicate that this count should not be used in the UI.
+	// This is used with refresh nodes on scale-out so that resources do not get
+	// counted twice in the UI output.
+	Quiet bool
 }
 
 // TODO: test
@@ -157,6 +162,9 @@ func (n *EvalDiff) Eval(ctx EvalContext) (interface{}, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// Flag quiet to ensure that this resource is skipped in post-diff hooks, such as count, etc.
+	diff.Quiet = n.Quiet
+
 	// Call post-refresh hook
 	err = ctx.Hook(func(h Hook) (HookAction, error) {
 		return h.PostDiff(n.Info, diff)
@@ -165,8 +173,10 @@ func (n *EvalDiff) Eval(ctx EvalContext) (interface{}, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// Update our output
-	*n.OutputDiff = diff
+	// Update our output if we care
+	if n.OutputDiff != nil {
+		*n.OutputDiff = diff
+	}
 
 	// Update the state if we care
 	if n.OutputState != nil {
diff --git a/terraform/node_resource_refresh.go b/terraform/node_resource_refresh.go
index 6ab9df7a2..a9e60b168 100644
--- a/terraform/node_resource_refresh.go
+++ b/terraform/node_resource_refresh.go
@@ -45,13 +45,6 @@ func (n *NodeRefreshableManagedResource) DynamicExpand(ctx EvalContext) (*Graph,
 			Addr:     n.ResourceAddr(),
 		},
 
-		// Switch up any node missing state to a plannable resource. This helps
-		// catch cases where data sources depend on the counts from this resource
-		// during a scale out.
-		&ResourceRefreshPlannableTransformer{
-			State: state,
-		},
-
 		// Add the count orphans to make sure these resources are accounted for
 		// during a scale in.
 		&OrphanResourceCountTransformer{
@@ -100,6 +93,9 @@ func (n *NodeRefreshableManagedResourceInstance) EvalTree() EvalNode {
 	// Eval info is different depending on what kind of resource this is
 	switch mode := n.Addr.Mode; mode {
 	case config.ManagedResourceMode:
+		if n.ResourceState == nil {
+			return n.evalTreeManagedScaleInResource()
+		}
 		return n.evalTreeManagedResource()
 
 	case config.DataResourceMode:
@@ -176,3 +172,77 @@ func (n *NodeRefreshableManagedResourceInstance) evalTreeManagedResource() EvalN
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+func (n *NodeRefreshableManagedResourceInstance) evalTreeManagedScaleInResource() EvalNode {
+	// Declare a bunch of variables that are used for state during
+	// evaluation. Most of this are written to by-address below.
+	var provider ResourceProvider
+	var state *InstanceState
+	var resourceConfig *ResourceConfig
+
+	addr := n.NodeAbstractResource.Addr
+	stateID := addr.stateId()
+	info := &InstanceInfo{
+		Id:         stateID,
+		Type:       addr.Type,
+		ModulePath: normalizeModulePath(addr.Path),
+	}
+
+	// Build the resource for eval
+	resource := &Resource{
+		Name:       addr.Name,
+		Type:       addr.Type,
+		CountIndex: addr.Index,
+	}
+	if resource.CountIndex < 0 {
+		resource.CountIndex = 0
+	}
+
+	// Determine the dependencies for the state.
+	stateDeps := n.StateReferences()
+
+	return &EvalSequence{
+		Nodes: []EvalNode{
+			&EvalInterpolate{
+				Config:   n.Config.RawConfig.Copy(),
+				Resource: resource,
+				Output:   &resourceConfig,
+			},
+			&EvalGetProvider{
+				Name:   n.ProvidedBy()[0],
+				Output: &provider,
+			},
+			// Re-run validation to catch any errors we missed, e.g. type
+			// mismatches on computed values.
+			&EvalValidateResource{
+				Provider:       &provider,
+				Config:         &resourceConfig,
+				ResourceName:   n.Config.Name,
+				ResourceType:   n.Config.Type,
+				ResourceMode:   n.Config.Mode,
+				IgnoreWarnings: true,
+			},
+			&EvalReadState{
+				Name:   stateID,
+				Output: &state,
+			},
+			&EvalDiff{
+				Name:        stateID,
+				Info:        info,
+				Config:      &resourceConfig,
+				Resource:    n.Config,
+				Provider:    &provider,
+				State:       &state,
+				OutputState: &state,
+				Quiet:       true,
+			},
+			&EvalWriteState{
+				Name:         stateID,
+				ResourceType: n.Config.Type,
+				Provider:     n.Config.Provider,
+				Dependencies: stateDeps,
+				State:        &state,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}