diff --git a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_instance.py b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_instance.py
index a4a2181..49f6ca8 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_instance.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_instance.py
@@ -1270,7 +1270,11 @@ def wait_for_operation(module, response):
         return {}
     status = navigate_hash(op_result, ['status'])
     wait_done = wait_for_completion(status, op_result, module)
-    return decode_response(fetch_resource(module, navigate_hash(wait_done, ['targetLink']), 'compute#instance'), module)
+    response = fetch_resource(module, navigate_hash(wait_done, ['targetLink']), 'compute#instance')
+    if response:
+        return decode_response(response, module)
+    else:
+        return {}
 
 
 def wait_for_completion(status, op_result, module):
diff --git a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_instance_template.py b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_instance_template.py
index ff52c84..975de80 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_instance_template.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_instance_template.py
@@ -1117,7 +1117,11 @@ def wait_for_operation(module, response):
         return {}
     status = navigate_hash(op_result, ['status'])
     wait_done = wait_for_completion(status, op_result, module)
-    return decode_response(fetch_resource(module, navigate_hash(wait_done, ['targetLink']), 'compute#instanceTemplate'), module)
+    response = fetch_resource(module, navigate_hash(wait_done, ['targetLink']), 'compute#instanceTemplate')
+    if response:
+        return decode_response(response, module)
+    else:
+        return {}
 
 
 def wait_for_completion(status, op_result, module):
diff --git a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_pool.py b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_pool.py
index d1c870c..366d50b 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_pool.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_target_pool.py
@@ -419,7 +419,11 @@ def wait_for_operation(module, response):
         return {}
     status = navigate_hash(op_result, ['status'])
     wait_done = wait_for_completion(status, op_result, module)
-    return decode_response(fetch_resource(module, navigate_hash(wait_done, ['targetLink']), 'compute#targetPool'), module)
+    response = fetch_resource(module, navigate_hash(wait_done, ['targetLink']), 'compute#targetPool')
+    if response:
+        return decode_response(response, module)
+    else:
+        return {}
 
 
 def wait_for_completion(status, op_result, module):