diff --git a/internal/terraform/node_action_apply.go b/internal/terraform/node_action_apply.go
index 3d8c36fb6e..2050edc61d 100644
--- a/internal/terraform/node_action_apply.go
+++ b/internal/terraform/node_action_apply.go
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ func (n *nodeActionApply) References() []*addrs.Reference {
 	return refs
 }
 
-func (n *nodeActionApply) ActionProviders() []addrs.AbsProviderConfig {
-	ret := []addrs.AbsProviderConfig{}
+func (n *nodeActionApply) ActionProviders() []addrs.ProviderConfig {
+	ret := []addrs.ProviderConfig{}
 	for _, invocation := range n.ActionInvocations {
 		ret = append(ret, invocation.ProviderAddr)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/terraform/node_resource_apply_instance.go b/internal/terraform/node_resource_apply_instance.go
index f3f533954a..1de5131fc2 100644
--- a/internal/terraform/node_resource_apply_instance.go
+++ b/internal/terraform/node_resource_apply_instance.go
@@ -475,8 +475,8 @@ func (n *NodeApplyableResourceInstance) checkPlannedChange(ctx EvalContext, plan
 	return diags
 }
 
-func (n *NodeApplyableResourceInstance) ActionProviders() []addrs.AbsProviderConfig {
-	ret := []addrs.AbsProviderConfig{}
+func (n *NodeApplyableResourceInstance) ActionProviders() []addrs.ProviderConfig {
+	ret := []addrs.ProviderConfig{}
 	for _, ai := range n.beforeActionInvocations {
 		ret = append(ret, ai.ProviderAddr)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/terraform/node_resource_plan.go b/internal/terraform/node_resource_plan.go
index 98c7f7b4f6..9008c7234e 100644
--- a/internal/terraform/node_resource_plan.go
+++ b/internal/terraform/node_resource_plan.go
@@ -684,8 +684,8 @@ func (n *nodeExpandPlannableResource) validForceReplaceTargets(instanceAddrs []a
 }
 
 // GraphNodeActionProviders
-func (n *nodeExpandPlannableResource) ActionProviders() []addrs.AbsProviderConfig {
-	providers := []addrs.AbsProviderConfig{}
+func (n *nodeExpandPlannableResource) ActionProviders() []addrs.ProviderConfig {
+	providers := []addrs.ProviderConfig{}
 	if n.Config == nil || n.Config.Managed == nil || n.Config.Managed.ActionTriggers == nil {
 		return providers
 	}
diff --git a/internal/terraform/transform_provider.go b/internal/terraform/transform_provider.go
index 30467eefbf..32b1b9def7 100644
--- a/internal/terraform/transform_provider.go
+++ b/internal/terraform/transform_provider.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ type GraphNodeProviderConsumer interface {
 }
 
 type GraphNodeActionProviders interface {
-	ActionProviders() []addrs.AbsProviderConfig
+	ActionProviders() []addrs.ProviderConfig
 }
 
 // ProviderTransformer is a GraphTransformer that maps resources to providers
@@ -317,7 +317,12 @@ func (t *CloseProviderTransformer) Transform(g *Graph) error {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		for _, provider := range apc.ActionProviders() {
+		for _, p := range apc.ActionProviders() {
+			provider, ok := p.(addrs.AbsProviderConfig)
+			if !ok {
+				return fmt.Errorf("%s failed to return a provider reference", dag.VertexName(apc))
+			}
+
 			closer, ok := cpm[provider.String()]
 			if !ok {
 				return fmt.Errorf("no graphNodeCloseProvider for %s", provider)