diff --git a/ibm/service/kubernetes/resource_ibm_container_worker_pool.go b/ibm/service/kubernetes/resource_ibm_container_worker_pool.go
index 1aebbd2b3b..78d8474e18 100644
--- a/ibm/service/kubernetes/resource_ibm_container_worker_pool.go
+++ b/ibm/service/kubernetes/resource_ibm_container_worker_pool.go
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func resourceIBMContainerWorkerPoolCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface
 
 	d.SetId(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", clusterNameorID, res.ID))
 
-	return resourceIBMContainerWorkerPoolRead(d, meta)
+	return resourceIBMContainerWorkerPoolUpdate(d, meta)
 }
 
 func resourceIBMContainerWorkerPoolRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ func resourceIBMContainerWorkerPoolUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if d.HasChange("size_per_zone") {
+	if d.HasChange("size_per_zone") && !d.IsNewResource() {
 		err = workerPoolsAPI.ResizeWorkerPool(clusterNameorID, workerPoolNameorID, d.Get("size_per_zone").(int), targetEnv)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ func resourceIBMContainerWorkerPoolUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface
 			return fmt.Errorf("[ERROR] Error waiting for workers of worker pool (%s) of cluster (%s) to become ready: %s", workerPoolNameorID, clusterNameorID, err)
 		}
 	}
-	if d.HasChange("labels") {
+	if d.HasChange("labels") && !d.IsNewResource() {
 		labels := make(map[string]string)
 		if l, ok := d.GetOk("labels"); ok {
 			for k, v := range l.(map[string]interface{}) {