diff --git a/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_compute_instance_v2.go b/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_compute_instance_v2.go
index 2d9a0cdb8..65c2b45da 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_compute_instance_v2.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_compute_instance_v2.go
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ func resourceComputeInstanceV2Delete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) e
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Waiting for instance (%s) to delete", d.Id())
 
 	stateConf := &resource.StateChangeConf{
+		Pending:    []string{"ACTIVE"},
 		Target:     "DELETED",
 		Refresh:    ServerV2StateRefreshFunc(computeClient, d.Id()),
 		Timeout:    10 * time.Minute,