diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_spot_instance_request.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_spot_instance_request.go
index c0e87e5546..1de3b71211 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_spot_instance_request.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_spot_instance_request.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func resourceAwsSpotInstanceRequest() *schema.Resource {
 
 			// Everything on a spot instance is ForceNew except tags
 			for k, v := range s {
-				if k == "tags" {
+				if k == "tags" || k == "volume_tags" {
 					continue
 				}
 				v.ForceNew = true