diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_provider.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_provider.go
index b9b011f79..e0243400b 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_provider.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_provider.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (p *ResourceProvider) Validate(c *terraform.ResourceConfig) ([]string, []er
 
 func (p *ResourceProvider) ValidateResource(
 	t string, c *terraform.ResourceConfig) ([]string, []error) {
-	return nil, nil
+	return resourceMap.Validate(t, c)
 }
 
 func (p *ResourceProvider) Configure(c *terraform.ResourceConfig) error {