diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_log_subscription_filter.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_log_subscription_filter.go
index f0fded016..c2f6705c0 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_log_subscription_filter.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_log_subscription_filter.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func resourceAwsCloudwatchLogSubscriptionFilterCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, me
 	params := getAwsCloudWatchLogsSubscriptionFilterInput(d)
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Creating SubscriptionFilter %#v", params)
 
-	return resource.Retry(3*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
+	return resource.Retry(5*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
 		_, err := conn.PutSubscriptionFilter(&params)
 
 		if err == nil {