diff --git a/providers/terraform/resources/tfstate.go b/providers/terraform/resources/tfstate.go
index 266b3f0c0b..124777a6dd 100644
--- a/providers/terraform/resources/tfstate.go
+++ b/providers/terraform/resources/tfstate.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package resources
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 
 	"go.mondoo.com/cnquery/llx"
 	"go.mondoo.com/cnquery/providers-sdk/v1/plugin"
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@ func initTerraformState(runtime *plugin.Runtime, args map[string]*llx.RawData) (
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
+	if state == nil {
+		return nil, nil, errors.New("cannot find state")
+	}
 
 	args["formatVersion"] = llx.StringData(state.FormatVersion)
 	args["terraformVersion"] = llx.StringData(state.TerraformVersion)