diff --git a/builtin/providers/azure/resource_azure_instance.go b/builtin/providers/azure/resource_azure_instance.go
index 097b210f5..1ad82c1f6 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/azure/resource_azure_instance.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/azure/resource_azure_instance.go
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ func resourceAzureInstanceDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = resource.Retry(5*time.Minute, func() error {
+	err = resource.Retry(15*time.Minute, func() error {
 		exists, err := blobClient.BlobExists(
 			storageContainterName, fmt.Sprintf(osDiskBlobNameFormat, name),
 		)