diff --git a/azurerm/internal/services/loadbalancer/outbound_rule_resource.go b/azurerm/internal/services/loadbalancer/outbound_rule_resource.go
index 1e37c8f81ccf..4197773deb46 100644
--- a/azurerm/internal/services/loadbalancer/outbound_rule_resource.go
+++ b/azurerm/internal/services/loadbalancer/outbound_rule_resource.go
@@ -231,19 +231,21 @@ func resourceArmLoadBalancerOutboundRuleRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interf
 		d.Set("enable_tcp_reset", props.EnableTCPReset)
 
 		frontendIpConfigurations := make([]interface{}, 0)
-		for _, feConfig := range *props.FrontendIPConfigurations {
-			if feConfig.ID == nil {
-				continue
+		if configs := props.FrontendIPConfigurations; configs != nil {
+			for _, feConfig := range *configs {
+				if feConfig.ID == nil {
+					continue
+				}
+				feid, err := parse.LoadBalancerFrontendIpConfigurationID(*feConfig.ID)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				frontendIpConfigurations = append(frontendIpConfigurations, map[string]interface{}{
+					"id":   feid.ID(),
+					"name": feid.FrontendIPConfigurationName,
+				})
 			}
-			feid, err := parse.LoadBalancerFrontendIpConfigurationID(*feConfig.ID)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
-			frontendIpConfigurations = append(frontendIpConfigurations, map[string]interface{}{
-				"id":   feid.ID(),
-				"name": feid.FrontendIPConfigurationName,
-			})
 		}
 		d.Set("frontend_ip_configuration", frontendIpConfigurations)