diff --git a/internal/deprecation/deprecation.go b/internal/deprecation/deprecation.go
index 1507b9a07c..be9060c51e 100644
--- a/internal/deprecation/deprecation.go
+++ b/internal/deprecation/deprecation.go
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ func (d *Deprecations) SuppressModuleCallDeprecation(addr addrs.Module) {
 // Validate checks the given value for deprecation marks and returns diagnostics
 // for each deprecation found, unless deprecation warnings are suppressed for the given module.
 
-// This is appropriate for non-terminal values (values that can be referenced) only.
+// This is only appropriate for non-terminal values (values that can be referenced) and primitive
+// values.
 // If the value can not be referenced, use ValidateDeep or ValidateAsConfig instead.
 func (d *Deprecations) Validate(value cty.Value, module addrs.Module, rng *hcl.Range) (cty.Value, tfdiags.Diagnostics) {
 	deprecationMarks := marks.GetDeprecationMarks(value)
diff --git a/internal/terraform/eval_count.go b/internal/terraform/eval_count.go
index 836995d731..0eb12ddffd 100644
--- a/internal/terraform/eval_count.go
+++ b/internal/terraform/eval_count.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func evaluateCountExpressionValue(expr hcl.Expression, ctx EvalContext) (cty.Val
 		})
 	}
 
-	countVal, deprecationDiags := ctx.Deprecations().ValidateDeep(countVal, ctx.Path().Module(), expr.Range().Ptr())
+	countVal, deprecationDiags := ctx.Deprecations().Validate(countVal, ctx.Path().Module(), expr.Range().Ptr())
 	diags = diags.Append(deprecationDiags)
 
 	// Sensitive values are allowed in count but not for_each. This is a
diff --git a/internal/terraform/node_resource_validate.go b/internal/terraform/node_resource_validate.go
index 8028dd1e5c..0620e9cc0a 100644
--- a/internal/terraform/node_resource_validate.go
+++ b/internal/terraform/node_resource_validate.go
@@ -493,34 +493,39 @@ func (n *NodeValidatableResource) validateResource(ctx EvalContext) tfdiags.Diag
 			return diags
 		}
 
-		blockVal, _, valDiags := ctx.EvaluateBlock(n.Config.Config, schema.FullSchema, nil, keyData)
-		diags = diags.Append(valDiags)
-		if valDiags.HasErrors() {
-			return diags
+		var blockVal, limit, includeResource cty.Value
+		var includeDiags tfdiags.Diagnostics
+
+		if n.Config.Config != nil {
+			var valDiags tfdiags.Diagnostics
+			blockVal, _, valDiags = ctx.EvaluateBlock(n.Config.Config, schema.FullSchema, nil, keyData)
+			diags = diags.Append(valDiags)
+			if valDiags.HasErrors() {
+				return diags
+			}
+			diags = diags.Append(ctx.Deprecations().ValidateAsConfig(blockVal, n.ModulePath()))
 		}
-		diags = diags.Append(ctx.Deprecations().ValidateAsConfig(blockVal, n.ModulePath()))
 
-		limit, _, limitDiags := newLimitEvaluator(true).EvaluateExpr(ctx, n.Config.List.Limit)
-		diags = diags.Append(limitDiags)
-		if limitDiags.HasErrors() {
-			return diags
-		}
 		if n.Config.List.Limit != nil {
-			var limitDeprecationDiags tfdiags.Diagnostics
-			limit, limitDeprecationDiags = ctx.Deprecations().Validate(limit, n.ModulePath(), n.Config.List.Limit.Range().Ptr())
-			diags = diags.Append(limitDeprecationDiags)
+			var limitDiags tfdiags.Diagnostics
+			limit, _, limitDiags = newLimitEvaluator(true).EvaluateExpr(ctx, n.Config.List.Limit)
+			diags = diags.Append(limitDiags)
+			if limitDiags.HasErrors() {
+				return diags
+			}
+			_, deprecationDiags := ctx.Deprecations().Validate(limit, n.ModulePath(), n.Config.List.Limit.Range().Ptr())
+			diags = diags.Append(deprecationDiags)
 			limit = marks.RemoveDeprecationMarks(limit)
 		}
 
-		includeResource, _, includeDiags := newIncludeRscEvaluator(true).EvaluateExpr(ctx, n.Config.List.IncludeResource)
-		diags = diags.Append(includeDiags)
-		if includeDiags.HasErrors() {
-			return diags
-		}
 		if n.Config.List.IncludeResource != nil {
-			var includeDeprecationDiags tfdiags.Diagnostics
-			includeResource, includeDeprecationDiags = ctx.Deprecations().Validate(includeResource, n.ModulePath(), n.Config.List.IncludeResource.Range().Ptr())
-			diags = diags.Append(includeDeprecationDiags)
+			includeResource, _, includeDiags = newIncludeRscEvaluator(true).EvaluateExpr(ctx, n.Config.List.IncludeResource)
+			diags = diags.Append(includeDiags)
+			if includeDiags.HasErrors() {
+				return diags
+			}
+			_, deprecationDiags := ctx.Deprecations().Validate(includeResource, n.ModulePath(), n.Config.List.IncludeResource.Range().Ptr())
+			diags = diags.Append(deprecationDiags)
 			includeResource = marks.RemoveDeprecationMarks(includeResource)
 		}