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 c2f6705c07..2504031435 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_log_subscription_filter.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_log_subscription_filter.go
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ func resourceAwsCloudwatchLogSubscriptionFilterCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, me
 			if strings.Contains(awsErr.Message(), "Could not deliver test message to specified") {
 				return resource.RetryableError(err)
 			}
+			if strings.Contains(awsErr.Message(), "Could not execute the lambda function") {
+				return resource.RetryableError(err)
+			}
 			resource.NonRetryableError(err)
 		}