diff --git a/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_lro.go b/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_lro.go
index ec0f20c8d2..43a4a61012 100644
--- a/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_lro.go
+++ b/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_lro.go
@@ -242,11 +242,3 @@ const (
 	statusInProgress status = "InProgress"
 	statusSucceeded  status = "Succeeded"
 )
-
-func statusIsTerminal(s status) bool {
-	switch s {
-	case statusCanceled, statusCancelled, statusFailed, statusSucceeded, statusInProgress:
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
-}
diff --git a/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_provisioning_state.go b/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_provisioning_state.go
index d382f7fadb..aa83454a76 100644
--- a/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_provisioning_state.go
+++ b/sdk/client/resourcemanager/poller_provisioning_state.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (p *provisioningStatePoller) Poll(ctx context.Context) (*pollers.PollResult
 	s := string(result.Status)
 
 	// if the result has a provisioningState field, we should prioritise that
-	if statusIsTerminal(result.Properties.ProvisioningState) {
+	if result.Properties.ProvisioningState != "" {
 		s = string(result.Properties.ProvisioningState)
 	}