diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_subnet.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_subnet.go
index fd7ac2e06..e09fb8bc4 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_subnet.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_subnet.go
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ func resourceAwsSubnetCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	// Get the ID and store it
 	subnet := resp.Subnet
 	d.SetId(*subnet.SubnetID)
-	log.Printf("[INFO] Subnet ID: %s", subnet.SubnetID)
+	log.Printf("[INFO] Subnet ID: %s", *subnet.SubnetID)
 
 	// Wait for the Subnet to become available
-	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Waiting for subnet (%s) to become available", subnet.SubnetID)
+	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Waiting for subnet (%s) to become available", *subnet.SubnetID)
 	stateConf := &resource.StateChangeConf{
 		Pending: []string{"pending"},
 		Target:  "available",
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_subnet_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_subnet_test.go
index d06b5b31e..77dfeccf0 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_subnet_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_subnet_test.go
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ func TestAccAWSSubnet(t *testing.T) {
 
 	testCheck := func(*terraform.State) error {
 		if *v.CIDRBlock != "10.1.1.0/24" {
-			return fmt.Errorf("bad cidr: %s", v.CIDRBlock)
+			return fmt.Errorf("bad cidr: %s", *v.CIDRBlock)
 		}
 
 		if *v.MapPublicIPOnLaunch != true {
-			return fmt.Errorf("bad MapPublicIpOnLaunch: %t", v.MapPublicIPOnLaunch)
+			return fmt.Errorf("bad MapPublicIpOnLaunch: %t", *v.MapPublicIPOnLaunch)
 		}
 
 		return nil