diff --git a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_forwarding_rule.py b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_forwarding_rule.py
index d18d954..e83bcc5 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_forwarding_rule.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gcp_compute_forwarding_rule.py
@@ -437,11 +437,10 @@ def main():
     if fetch:
         if state == 'present':
             if is_different(module, fetch):
-                update(module, self_link(module), kind, fetch)
-                fetch = fetch_resource(module, self_link(module), kind)
+                fetch = update(module, self_link(module), kind, fetch)
                 changed = True
         else:
-            delete(module, self_link(module), kind)
+            delete(module, self_link(module), kind, fetch)
             fetch = {}
             changed = True
     else:
@@ -462,16 +461,6 @@ def create(module, link, kind):
 
 
 def update(module, link, kind, fetch):
-    update_fields(module, resource_to_request(module), response_to_hash(module, fetch))
-    return fetch_resource(module, self_link(module), kind)
-
-
-def update_fields(module, request, response):
-    if response.get('target') != request.get('target'):
-        target_update(module, request, response)
-
-
-def target_update(module, request, response):
     auth = GcpSession(module, 'compute')
     auth.post(
         ''.join(["https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/", "projects/{project}/regions/{region}/forwardingRules/{name}/setTarget"]).format(**module.params),
@@ -479,7 +468,7 @@ def target_update(module, request, response):
     )
 
 
-def delete(module, link, kind):
+def delete(module, link, kind, fetch):
     auth = GcpSession(module, 'compute')
     return wait_for_operation(module, auth.delete(link))