diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_schedule.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_schedule.go
index 200b0ee37..5b43db46d 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_schedule.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_schedule.go
@@ -113,11 +113,17 @@ func resourceAwsAutoscalingScheduleCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface
 }
 
 func resourceAwsAutoscalingScheduleRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
-	sa, err := resourceAwsASGScheduledActionRetrieve(d, meta)
+	sa, err, exists := resourceAwsASGScheduledActionRetrieve(d, meta)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if !exists {
+		log.Printf("Error retrieving Autoscaling Scheduled Actions. Removing from state")
+		d.SetId("")
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	d.Set("autoscaling_group_name", sa.AutoScalingGroupName)
 	d.Set("arn", sa.ScheduledActionARN)
 	d.Set("desired_capacity", sa.DesiredCapacity)
@@ -153,7 +159,7 @@ func resourceAwsAutoscalingScheduleDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface
 	return nil
 }
 
-func resourceAwsASGScheduledActionRetrieve(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) (*autoscaling.ScheduledUpdateGroupAction, error) {
+func resourceAwsASGScheduledActionRetrieve(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) (*autoscaling.ScheduledUpdateGroupAction, error, bool) {
 	autoscalingconn := meta.(*AWSClient).autoscalingconn
 
 	params := &autoscaling.DescribeScheduledActionsInput{
@@ -164,13 +170,13 @@ func resourceAwsASGScheduledActionRetrieve(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfac
 	log.Printf("[INFO] Describing Autoscaling Scheduled Action: %+v", params)
 	actions, err := autoscalingconn.DescribeScheduledActions(params)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error retrieving Autoscaling Scheduled Actions: %s", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error retrieving Autoscaling Scheduled Actions: %s", err), false
 	}
 
 	if len(actions.ScheduledUpdateGroupActions) != 1 ||
 		*actions.ScheduledUpdateGroupActions[0].ScheduledActionName != d.Id() {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to find Autoscaling Scheduled Action: %#v", actions.ScheduledUpdateGroupActions)
+		return nil, nil, false
 	}
 
-	return actions.ScheduledUpdateGroupActions[0], nil
+	return actions.ScheduledUpdateGroupActions[0], nil, true
 }
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_schedule_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_schedule_test.go
index c332e1400..3acbbcf90 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_schedule_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_schedule_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,40 @@ func TestAccAWSAutoscalingSchedule_basic(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccAWSAutoscalingSchedule_disappears(t *testing.T) {
+	var schedule autoscaling.ScheduledUpdateGroupAction
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSAutoscalingScheduleDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccAWSAutoscalingScheduleConfig,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckScalingScheduleExists("aws_autoscaling_schedule.foobar", &schedule),
+					testAccCheckScalingScheduleDisappears(&schedule),
+				),
+				ExpectNonEmptyPlan: true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func testAccCheckScalingScheduleDisappears(schedule *autoscaling.ScheduledUpdateGroupAction) resource.TestCheckFunc {
+	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
+		autoscalingconn := testAccProvider.Meta().(*AWSClient).autoscalingconn
+		params := &autoscaling.DeleteScheduledActionInput{
+			AutoScalingGroupName: schedule.AutoScalingGroupName,
+			ScheduledActionName:  schedule.ScheduledActionName,
+		}
+		if _, err := autoscalingconn.DeleteScheduledAction(params); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAccAWSAutoscalingSchedule_recurrence(t *testing.T) {
 	var schedule autoscaling.ScheduledUpdateGroupAction
 
@@ -87,6 +121,8 @@ func testAccCheckScalingScheduleExists(n string, policy *autoscaling.ScheduledUp
 			return fmt.Errorf("Scaling Schedule not found")
 		}
 
+		*policy = *resp.ScheduledUpdateGroupActions[0]
+
 		return nil
 	}
 }