diff --git a/internal/services/compute/virtual_machine_data_source.go b/internal/services/compute/virtual_machine_data_source.go
index ae41e032da5d..9b545a11f751 100644
--- a/internal/services/compute/virtual_machine_data_source.go
+++ b/internal/services/compute/virtual_machine_data_source.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func dataSourceVirtualMachineRead(d *pluginsdk.ResourceData, meta interface{}) e
 
 	id := parse.NewVirtualMachineID(subscriptionId, d.Get("resource_group_name").(string), d.Get("name").(string))
 
-	resp, err := client.Get(ctx, id.ResourceGroup, id.Name, "")
+	resp, err := client.Get(ctx, id.ResourceGroup, id.Name, "InstanceView")
 	if err != nil {
 		if utils.ResponseWasNotFound(resp.Response) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("%s was not found", id)