diff --git a/vsphere/virtual_machine_config_structure.go b/vsphere/virtual_machine_config_structure.go
index 537aaceb7..cea9ee858 100644
--- a/vsphere/virtual_machine_config_structure.go
+++ b/vsphere/virtual_machine_config_structure.go
@@ -454,6 +454,10 @@ func expandLatencySensitivity(d *schema.ResourceData) *types.LatencySensitivity
 // flattenLatencySensitivity reads various fields from a LatencySensitivity and
 // sets appropriate keys in the supplied ResourceData.
 func flattenLatencySensitivity(d *schema.ResourceData, obj *types.LatencySensitivity) error {
+	if obj == nil {
+		log.Printf("[WARN] Unable to read LatencySensitivity, skipping")
+		return nil
+	}
 	return d.Set("latency_sensitivity", obj.Level)
 }