diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticache_subnet_group.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticache_subnet_group.go
index 7f78cd3626..af684af42a 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticache_subnet_group.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticache_subnet_group.go
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ func resourceAwsElasticacheSubnetGroupRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfac
 
 	res, err := conn.DescribeCacheSubnetGroups(req)
 	if err != nil {
+		if ec2err, ok := err.(awserr.Error); ok && ec2err.Code() == "CacheSubnetGroupNotFoundFault" {
+			// Update state to indicate the db subnet no longer exists.
+			log.Printf("[WARN] Elasticache Subnet Group (%s) not found, removing from state", d.Id())
+			d.SetId("")
+			return nil
+		}
 		return err
 	}
 	if len(res.CacheSubnetGroups) == 0 {