diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-providers/update-provider b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-providers/update-provider
index fc71426d85aa..411f84f86b16 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-providers/update-provider
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-providers/update-provider
@@ -136,8 +136,11 @@ repo="$(echo "${provider_source_url}" | cut -d '/' -f 5)"
 update_attr repo "${repo}"
 
 if [[ ${spdx} == 1 ]]; then
-  spdx="$(curl -L -s ${GITHUB_TOKEN:+-u ":${GITHUB_TOKEN}"} "https://api.github.com/repos/${org}/${repo}/license" | jq -r '.license.spdx_id')"
-  update_attr spdx "${spdx}"
+  old_spdx="$(read_attr spdx)"
+  if [[ ${old_spdx} != null ]]; then
+    spdx="$(curl -L -s ${GITHUB_TOKEN:+-u ":${GITHUB_TOKEN}"} "https://api.github.com/repos/${org}/${repo}/license" | jq -r '.license.spdx_id')"
+    update_attr spdx "${spdx}"
+  fi
 fi
 
 echo_provider "calculating hash"