diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go
index a576749f1..92db6bc33 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/errwrap"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/hashcode"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
@@ -270,6 +271,9 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53RecordCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 		zone, *rec.Name, req)
 
 	respRaw, err := changeRoute53RecordSet(conn, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errwrap.Wrapf("[ERR]: Error building changeset: {{err}}", err)
+	}
 
 	changeInfo := respRaw.(*route53.ChangeResourceRecordSetsOutput).ChangeInfo