diff --git a/templates/terraform/resource.erb b/templates/terraform/resource.erb
index c39576cb384b..e4d4143a045e 100644
--- a/templates/terraform/resource.erb
+++ b/templates/terraform/resource.erb
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ package google
     api_name_lower[0] = api_name_lower[0].downcase
     api_client_name = api_name_lower.downcase
     has_project = object.base_url.include?("{{project}}")
-    has_self_link = object.self_link
     timeouts = object.async.nil? ? Api::Timeouts.new : object.async.operation.timeouts
 -%>
 
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ func resource<%= resource_name -%>() *schema.Resource {
                 ForceNew: true,
             },
 <%          end -%>
-<%          if has_self_link -%>
+<%          if object.has_self_link -%>
             "self_link": {
                 Type:     schema.TypeString,
                 Computed: true,
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ func resource<%= resource_name -%>Read(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
         return fmt.Errorf("Error reading <%= object.name -%>: %s", err)
     }
 <%  end -%>
-<%  if has_self_link -%>
+<%  if object.has_self_link -%>
     if err := d.Set("self_link", ConvertSelfLinkToV1(res["selfLink"].(string))); err != nil {
         return fmt.Errorf("Error reading <%= object.name -%>: %s", err)
     }
diff --git a/templates/terraform/resource.html.markdown.erb b/templates/terraform/resource.html.markdown.erb
index f2fb20ac2a5b..4c8cb5b8e36f 100644
--- a/templates/terraform/resource.html.markdown.erb
+++ b/templates/terraform/resource.html.markdown.erb
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ In addition to the arguments listed above, the following computed attributes are
 <% properties.select(&:output).each do |prop| -%>
 <%= lines(build_property_documentation(prop)) -%>
 <% end -%>
-<% if object.self_link -%>
+<% if object.has_self_link -%>
 * `self_link` - The URI of the created resource.
 <% end -%>