diff --git a/util/helpers.go b/util/helpers.go
index 7836f7ed0..c2d5b0aed 100644
--- a/util/helpers.go
+++ b/util/helpers.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package util
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+
 	"github.com/linode/linodego"
 )
 
@@ -11,9 +13,12 @@ func Pointer[T any](t T) *T {
 
 // IgnoreLinodeAPIError returns the error except matches to status code
 func IgnoreLinodeAPIError(err error, code int) error {
-	apiErr := linodego.Error{Code: code}
-	if apiErr.Is(err) {
-		err = nil
+	// not to be confused with linodego.APIError
+	var apiError *linodego.Error
+	if errors.As(err, &apiError) {
+		if apiError.StatusCode() == code {
+			return nil
+		}
 	}
 
 	return err