diff --git a/.changelog/1704.txt b/.changelog/1704.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0fb847623f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/1704.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+resource/cloudflare_logpush_job: fix null `filter` attribute throwing parsing error
+```
diff --git a/internal/provider/resource_cloudflare_logpush_job.go b/internal/provider/resource_cloudflare_logpush_job.go
index ba474d0f4d..2971cfc99a 100644
--- a/internal/provider/resource_cloudflare_logpush_job.go
+++ b/internal/provider/resource_cloudflare_logpush_job.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func resourceCloudflareLogpushJobRead(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceDat
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if job.Filter.Where.Validate() == nil {
+	if job.Filter.Where.Validate() == nil && d.Get("filter") != nil {
 		filterstr, err := json.Marshal(job.Filter)
 		if err != nil {
 			return diag.FromErr(err)