diff --git a/.changelog/5457.txt b/.changelog/5457.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ba3357df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/5457.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+compute: fixed a bug that would cause `google_instance_from_machine_image` to fail with a resourceInUseByAnotherResource error
+```
diff --git a/google-beta/resource_compute_instance_from_machine_image.go b/google-beta/resource_compute_instance_from_machine_image.go
index 766aef2bd2..60f9c550ae 100644
--- a/google-beta/resource_compute_instance_from_machine_image.go
+++ b/google-beta/resource_compute_instance_from_machine_image.go
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ func adjustInstanceFromMachineImageDisks(d *schema.ResourceData, config *Config,
 		for _, disk := range mi.SourceInstanceProperties.Disks {
 			if disk.Boot {
 				newdisk := &compute.AttachedDisk{
-					Source:     disk.Source,
 					AutoDelete: disk.AutoDelete,
 					Type:       disk.Type,
 					DeviceName: disk.DeviceName,
@@ -235,7 +234,6 @@ func adjustInstanceFromMachineImageDisks(d *schema.ResourceData, config *Config,
 		for _, disk := range mi.SourceInstanceProperties.Disks {
 			if disk.Type == "SCRATCH" {
 				newdisk := &compute.AttachedDisk{
-					Source:     disk.Source,
 					AutoDelete: disk.AutoDelete,
 					Type:       disk.Type,
 					DeviceName: disk.DeviceName,
@@ -261,7 +259,6 @@ func adjustInstanceFromMachineImageDisks(d *schema.ResourceData, config *Config,
 		for _, disk := range mi.SourceInstanceProperties.Disks {
 			if !disk.Boot && disk.Type != "SCRATCH" {
 				newdisk := &compute.AttachedDisk{
-					Source:     disk.Source,
 					AutoDelete: disk.AutoDelete,
 					Type:       disk.Type,
 					DeviceName: disk.DeviceName,