diff --git a/github/resource_github_project_card.go b/github/resource_github_project_card.go
index 84bb8de9c9..80604235fb 100644
--- a/github/resource_github_project_card.go
+++ b/github/resource_github_project_card.go
@@ -155,6 +155,6 @@ func resourceGithubProjectCardImport(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) (
 	d.SetId(card.GetNodeID())
 	d.Set("card_id", cardID)
 
-	return []*schema.ResourceData{d}, resourceGithubProjectCardRead(d, meta)
+	return []*schema.ResourceData{d}, nil
 
 }