diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/container/resource_container_cluster_internal_test.go.tmpl b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/container/resource_container_cluster_internal_test.go.tmpl
index fd84d987f04c..e48e516d2545 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/container/resource_container_cluster_internal_test.go.tmpl
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/container/resource_container_cluster_internal_test.go.tmpl
@@ -664,6 +664,10 @@ func TestUnitFlattenClusterNodePools(t *testing.T) {
 						Optional: true,
 						Elem:     &schema.Resource{Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{"create_pod_range": {Type: schema.TypeBool}}},
 					},
+					"ignore_node_count_changes": {
+						Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+						Optional: true,
+					},
 				},
 			},
 			Optional: true,
@@ -701,6 +705,7 @@ func TestUnitFlattenClusterNodePools(t *testing.T) {
 					"managed_instance_group_urls": []string{},
 					"version":                     "",
 					"network_config":              []map[string]interface{}{},
+					"ignore_node_count_changes":   false,
 				},
 				{
 					"name":                        "pool-2",
@@ -713,6 +718,7 @@ func TestUnitFlattenClusterNodePools(t *testing.T) {
 					"managed_instance_group_urls": []string{},
 					"version":                     "",
 					"network_config":              []map[string]interface{}{},
+					"ignore_node_count_changes":   false,
 				},
 			},
 			expectError: false,
diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/container/resource_container_cluster_test.go.tmpl b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/container/resource_container_cluster_test.go.tmpl
index da21832b9613..dbb85f65208b 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/container/resource_container_cluster_test.go.tmpl
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/container/resource_container_cluster_test.go.tmpl
@@ -1992,7 +1992,9 @@ func TestAccContainerCluster_regionalWithNodePool(t *testing.T) {
 				ResourceName:		 "google_container_cluster.regional",
 				ImportState:		 true,
 				ImportStateVerify:	 true,
-				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"deletion_protection", "ignore_node_count_changes", "node_pool.0.ignore_node_count_changes"},
+				// Virtual fields like ignore_node_count_changes are not loaded on import. When import runs with default
+				// false for ignore_node_count_changes, managed_instance_group_urls is populated from the API, causing an import diff.
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"deletion_protection", "ignore_node_count_changes", "node_pool.0.ignore_node_count_changes", "node_pool.0.managed_instance_group_urls"},
 			},
 		},
 	})
diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/container/resource_container_node_pool.go.tmpl b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/container/resource_container_node_pool.go.tmpl
index e808ce486cb7..4e7b40d61257 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/container/resource_container_node_pool.go.tmpl
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/services/container/resource_container_node_pool.go.tmpl
@@ -1562,7 +1562,8 @@ func flattenNodePool(d *schema.ResourceData, config *transport_tpg.Config, np *c
 		"instance_group_urls": igmUrls,
 		"managed_instance_group_urls": managedIgmUrls,
 		"version":             np.Version,
-		"network_config":      flattenNodeNetworkConfig(np.NetworkConfig, d, prefix),
+		"network_config":              flattenNodeNetworkConfig(np.NetworkConfig, d, prefix),
+		"ignore_node_count_changes":   d.Get(prefix + "ignore_node_count_changes"),
 	}
 
 	if np.Autoscaling != nil {