diff --git a/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_template.go b/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_template.go
index 12de2152a5..c2d9459a7a 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_template.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_template.go
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func resourceCloudStackTemplateRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 
 	setValueOrUUID(d, "project", t.Project, t.Projectid)
 
-	if t.Zoneid == UnlimitedResourceID {
+	if t.Zoneid == "" {
 		setValueOrUUID(d, "zone", t.Zonename, UnlimitedResourceID)
 	} else {
 		setValueOrUUID(d, "zone", t.Zonename, t.Zoneid)