diff --git a/azurerm/internal/services/containers/resource_arm_kubernetes_cluster.go b/azurerm/internal/services/containers/resource_arm_kubernetes_cluster.go
index e2c243952a9dd..f8dda01301d1f 100644
--- a/azurerm/internal/services/containers/resource_arm_kubernetes_cluster.go
+++ b/azurerm/internal/services/containers/resource_arm_kubernetes_cluster.go
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ func expandKubernetesClusterNetworkProfile(input []interface{}) (*containerservi
 }
 
 func expandLoadBalancerProfile(d []interface{}, loadBalancerType string) (*containerservice.ManagedClusterLoadBalancerProfile, error) {
-	if len(d) == 0 {
+	if len(d) == 0 || d[0] == nil {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ func resourceReferencesToIds(refs *[]containerservice.ResourceReference) []strin
 		return ids
 	}
 
-	return ids
+	return nil
 }
 
 func flattenKubernetesClusterNetworkProfile(profile *containerservice.NetworkProfileType) []interface{} {
diff --git a/azurerm/internal/services/containers/tests/resource_arm_kubernetes_cluster_network_test.go b/azurerm/internal/services/containers/tests/resource_arm_kubernetes_cluster_network_test.go
index 9df83546cdd7d..69002c6619caf 100644
--- a/azurerm/internal/services/containers/tests/resource_arm_kubernetes_cluster_network_test.go
+++ b/azurerm/internal/services/containers/tests/resource_arm_kubernetes_cluster_network_test.go
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ func testAccAzureRMKubernetesCluster_conflictingLoadBalancerProfile(t *testing.T
 	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
 		PreCheck:  func() { acceptance.PreCheck(t) },
 		Providers: acceptance.SupportedProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testCheckAzureRMKubernetesClusterDestroy,
 		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
 			{
 				Config:      testAccAzureRMKubernetesCluster_conflictingLoadBalancerProfileConfig(data, clientId, clientSecret),
@@ -560,6 +561,7 @@ func testAccAzureRMKubernetesCluster_prefixedLoadBalancerProfile(t *testing.T) {
 	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
 		PreCheck:  func() { acceptance.PreCheck(t) },
 		Providers: acceptance.SupportedProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testCheckAzureRMKubernetesClusterDestroy,
 		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
 			{
 				Config: testAccAzureRMKubernetesCluster_prefixedLoadBalancerProfileConfig(data, clientId, clientSecret),