diff --git a/netbox/resource_netbox_ipam_ip_addresses.go b/netbox/resource_netbox_ipam_ip_addresses.go
index 4936c7f00..28d48b761 100644
--- a/netbox/resource_netbox_ipam_ip_addresses.go
+++ b/netbox/resource_netbox_ipam_ip_addresses.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ func resourceNetboxIpamIPAddresses() *schema.Resource {
 			"description": {
 				Type:         schema.TypeString,
 				Optional:     true,
+				Default:      " ",
 				ValidateFunc: validation.StringLenBetween(1, 100),
 			},
 			"dns_name": {
@@ -180,7 +181,14 @@ func resourceNetboxIpamIPAddressesRead(d *schema.ResourceData,
 				return err
 			}
 
-			if err = d.Set("description", resource.Description); err != nil {
+			var description string
+			if resource.Description == "" {
+				description = " "
+			} else {
+				description = resource.Description
+			}
+
+			if err = d.Set("description", description); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
diff --git a/netbox/resource_netbox_ipam_prefix.go b/netbox/resource_netbox_ipam_prefix.go
index 1a91529b2..9b5d5d337 100644
--- a/netbox/resource_netbox_ipam_prefix.go
+++ b/netbox/resource_netbox_ipam_prefix.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ func resourceNetboxIpamPrefix() *schema.Resource {
 			"description": {
 				Type:         schema.TypeString,
 				Optional:     true,
+				Default:      " ",
 				ValidateFunc: validation.StringLenBetween(1, 100),
 			},
 			"is_pool": {
@@ -150,7 +151,15 @@ func resourceNetboxIpamPrefixRead(d *schema.ResourceData,
 
 	for _, resource := range resources.Payload.Results {
 		if strconv.FormatInt(resource.ID, 10) == d.Id() {
-			if err = d.Set("description", resource.Description); err != nil {
+			var description string
+
+			if resource.Description == "" {
+				description = " "
+			} else {
+				description = resource.Description
+			}
+
+			if err = d.Set("description", description); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
diff --git a/netbox/resource_netbox_ipam_vlan.go b/netbox/resource_netbox_ipam_vlan.go
index 3e10361d6..28c581c51 100644
--- a/netbox/resource_netbox_ipam_vlan.go
+++ b/netbox/resource_netbox_ipam_vlan.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ func resourceNetboxIpamVlan() *schema.Resource {
 			"description": {
 				Type:         schema.TypeString,
 				Optional:     true,
+				Default:      " ",
 				ValidateFunc: validation.StringLenBetween(1, 100),
 			},
 			"vlan_group_id": {
@@ -139,7 +140,15 @@ func resourceNetboxIpamVlanRead(d *schema.ResourceData,
 
 	for _, resource := range resources.Payload.Results {
 		if strconv.FormatInt(resource.ID, 10) == d.Id() {
-			if err = d.Set("description", resource.Description); err != nil {
+			var description string
+
+			if resource.Description == "" {
+				description = " "
+			} else {
+				description = resource.Description
+			}
+
+			if err = d.Set("description", description); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
diff --git a/netbox/resource_netbox_tenancy_tenant.go b/netbox/resource_netbox_tenancy_tenant.go
index 8018982de..187e86b0a 100644
--- a/netbox/resource_netbox_tenancy_tenant.go
+++ b/netbox/resource_netbox_tenancy_tenant.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ func resourceNetboxTenancyTenant() *schema.Resource {
 			"description": {
 				Type:         schema.TypeString,
 				Optional:     true,
+				Default:      " ",
 				ValidateFunc: validation.StringLenBetween(1, 100),
 			},
 			"tenant_group_id": {
@@ -128,7 +129,15 @@ func resourceNetboxTenancyTenantRead(d *schema.ResourceData,
 				return err
 			}
 
-			if err = d.Set("description", resource.Description); err != nil {
+			var description string
+
+			if resource.Description == "" {
+				description = " "
+			} else {
+				description = resource.Description
+			}
+
+			if err = d.Set("description", description); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}