diff --git a/google/cloud/aiplatform/base.py b/google/cloud/aiplatform/base.py
index 70b35329d1..f0629eaa19 100644
--- a/google/cloud/aiplatform/base.py
+++ b/google/cloud/aiplatform/base.py
@@ -320,6 +320,16 @@ def _get_gca_resource(self, resource_name: str) -> proto.Message:
             project=self.project,
             location=self.location,
         )
+        (
+            resource_project,
+            resource_location,
+        ) = utils.extract_project_location_from_resource_name(
+            resource_name=resource_name, resource_noun=self._resource_noun
+        )
+        if resource_location != self.location:
+            self.api_client = self._instantiate_client(
+                resource_location, self.credentials
+            )
 
         return getattr(self.api_client, self._getter_method)(name=resource_name)
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/aiplatform/utils.py b/google/cloud/aiplatform/utils.py
index ec39038942..58e135dcf1 100644
--- a/google/cloud/aiplatform/utils.py
+++ b/google/cloud/aiplatform/utils.py
@@ -128,6 +128,35 @@ def extract_fields_from_resource_name(
     return fields
 
 
+def extract_project_location_from_resource_name(
+    resource_name: str, resource_noun: Optional[str] = None
+) -> Optional[Tuple]:
+    """Returns extracted fields from a fully-qualified resource name.
+    Returns None if name is invalid.
+
+    Args:
+        resource_name (str):
+            Required. A fully-qualified AI Platform (Unified) resource name
+
+        resource_noun (str):
+            A plural resource noun to validate the resource name against.
+            For example, you would pass "datasets" to validate
+            "projects/123/locations/us-central1/datasets/456".
+
+    Returns:
+        (Tuple):
+            A tuple containing 2 extracted fields from a resource name:
+            project, location. These fields can be used for
+            subsequent method calls in the SDK.
+    """
+    fields = extract_fields_from_resource_name(resource_name, resource_noun)
+
+    if not fields:
+        return None
+
+    return fields.project, fields.location
+
+
 def full_resource_name(
     resource_name: str,
     resource_noun: str,