diff --git a/internal/services/network/route_table_resource.go b/internal/services/network/route_table_resource.go
index 39090c46c436..c6890e619eda 100644
--- a/internal/services/network/route_table_resource.go
+++ b/internal/services/network/route_table_resource.go
@@ -260,11 +260,9 @@ func flattenRouteTableRoutes(input *[]network.Route) []interface{} {
 			if props := route.RoutePropertiesFormat; props != nil {
 				r["address_prefix"] = *props.AddressPrefix
 				r["next_hop_type"] = string(props.NextHopType)
-				v := ""
 				if ip := props.NextHopIPAddress; ip != nil && *ip != "" {
-					v = *ip
+					r["next_hop_in_ip_address"] = *ip
 				}
-				r["next_hop_in_ip_address"] = v
 			}
 
 			results = append(results, r)