diff --git a/azurerm/internal/services/compute/virtual_machine_scale_set.go b/azurerm/internal/services/compute/virtual_machine_scale_set.go
index 3b36cf319e3a..4c4a4177da4d 100644
--- a/azurerm/internal/services/compute/virtual_machine_scale_set.go
+++ b/azurerm/internal/services/compute/virtual_machine_scale_set.go
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func virtualMachineScaleSetIPConfigurationSchema() *schema.Schema {
 func virtualMachineScaleSetIPConfigurationSchemaForDataSource() *schema.Schema {
 	return &schema.Schema{
 		Type:     schema.TypeList,
-		Required: true,
+		Computed: true,
 		Elem: &schema.Resource{
 			Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 				"name": {
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ func virtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressSchema() *schema.Schema {
 func virtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressSchemaForDataSource() *schema.Schema {
 	return &schema.Schema{
 		Type:     schema.TypeList,
-		Optional: true,
+		Computed: true,
 		Elem: &schema.Resource{
 			Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 				"name": {