diff --git a/proxmoxtf/resource/container/container.go b/proxmoxtf/resource/container/container.go
index 4babdfed4..857e27953 100644
--- a/proxmoxtf/resource/container/container.go
+++ b/proxmoxtf/resource/container/container.go
@@ -1234,6 +1234,10 @@ func containerCreateClone(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interfa
 		initializationIPConfig := initializationBlock[mkInitializationIPConfig].([]interface{})
 
 		for _, c := range initializationIPConfig {
+			if c == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+
 			configBlock := c.(map[string]interface{})
 			ipv4 := configBlock[mkInitializationIPConfigIPv4].([]interface{})