diff --git a/internal/builtin/providers/terraform/provider.go b/internal/builtin/providers/terraform/provider.go
index 1da4a21223..caec0e22d4 100644
--- a/internal/builtin/providers/terraform/provider.go
+++ b/internal/builtin/providers/terraform/provider.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	tfaddr "github.com/hashicorp/terraform-registry-address"
 	"github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/configs/configschema"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/providers"
 )
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ func NewProvider() providers.Interface {
 // GetSchema returns the complete schema for the provider.
 func (p *Provider) GetProviderSchema() providers.GetProviderSchemaResponse {
 	resp := providers.GetProviderSchemaResponse{
-		Provider: providers.Schema{},
+		Provider: providers.Schema{Body: &configschema.Block{}},
 		ServerCapabilities: providers.ServerCapabilities{
 			MoveResourceState: true,
 		},
diff --git a/internal/builtin/providers/terraform/provider_test.go b/internal/builtin/providers/terraform/provider_test.go
index 555e796b28..cd3c64c675 100644
--- a/internal/builtin/providers/terraform/provider_test.go
+++ b/internal/builtin/providers/terraform/provider_test.go
@@ -67,3 +67,13 @@ func TestMoveResourceState_NonExistentResource(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("expected diagnostics")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGetProviderSchema_ProviderConfigNotNil(t *testing.T) {
+	provider := &Provider{}
+	resp := provider.GetProviderSchema()
+
+	if resp.Provider.Body == nil {
+		t.Fatal("provider config schema body should not be nil; a nil body causes " +
+			"a spurious ERROR-level log message in AttachSchemaTransformer")
+	}
+}