diff --git a/internal/command/cloud.go b/internal/command/cloud.go
index 47709a626f..e3aebb9b1d 100644
--- a/internal/command/cloud.go
+++ b/internal/command/cloud.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func (c *CloudCommand) initPlugin() tfdiags.Diagnostics {
 	defer done()
 
 	// Discover service URLs, and build out the plugin config
-	diags.Append(c.discoverAndConfigure())
+	diags = diags.Append(c.discoverAndConfigure())
 	if diags.HasErrors() {
 		return diags
 	}