diff --git a/libcloudforensics/providers/gcp/internal/common.py b/libcloudforensics/providers/gcp/internal/common.py
index b1812441..683b587e 100644
--- a/libcloudforensics/providers/gcp/internal/common.py
+++ b/libcloudforensics/providers/gcp/internal/common.py
@@ -242,17 +242,20 @@ def GceApi(self) -> 'googleapiclient.discovery.Resource':
 
   def BlockOperation(
       self, response: Dict[str, Any],
-      zone: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+      zone: Optional[str] = None,
+      region: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Block until API operation is finished.
 
     Args:
       response (Dict): GCE API response.
       zone (str): Optional. GCP zone to execute the operation in. None means
           GlobalZone.
+      region (str): Optional. GCP region to execute the operation in.
+          None for zone AND region means GlobalZone.
 
     Returns:
       Dict: Holding the response of a get operation on an API object of type
-          zoneOperations or globalOperations.
+          zoneOperations, regionOperations or globalOperations.
 
     Raises:
       RuntimeError: If API call failed.
@@ -263,11 +266,14 @@ def BlockOperation(
       if zone:
         request = service.zoneOperations().get( # pylint: disable=no-member
             project=self.project_id, zone=zone, operation=response['name'])
-        result = request.execute()  # type: Dict[str, Any]
+      elif region:
+        request = service.regionOperations().get( # pylint: disable=no-member
+            project=self.project_id, region=region, operation=response['name'])
       else:
         request = service.globalOperations().get( # pylint: disable=no-member
             project=self.project_id, operation=response['name'])
-        result = request.execute()
+
+      result = request.execute()  # type: Dict[str, Any]
 
       if 'error' in result:
         raise RuntimeError(result['error'])
diff --git a/libcloudforensics/providers/gcp/internal/compute_base_resource.py b/libcloudforensics/providers/gcp/internal/compute_base_resource.py
index a206b5f5..46b46b57 100644
--- a/libcloudforensics/providers/gcp/internal/compute_base_resource.py
+++ b/libcloudforensics/providers/gcp/internal/compute_base_resource.py
@@ -240,6 +240,6 @@ def AddLabels(self,
           resource=self.name, project=self.project_id,
           body=request_body).execute()
     if blocking_call:
-      self.BlockOperation(response, zone=self.zone)
+      self.BlockOperation(response, zone=self.zone, region=self.region)
 
     return response