diff --git a/datadog/resource_datadog_integration_aws_lambda_arn.go b/datadog/resource_datadog_integration_aws_lambda_arn.go
index 5f2a6fe015..ec313e075f 100644
--- a/datadog/resource_datadog_integration_aws_lambda_arn.go
+++ b/datadog/resource_datadog_integration_aws_lambda_arn.go
@@ -52,11 +52,16 @@ func resourceDatadogIntegrationAwsLambdaArnCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema
 	authV1 := providerConf.AuthV1
 
 	attachLambdaArnRequest := buildDatadogIntegrationAwsLambdaArnStruct(d)
-	_, _, err := datadogClientV1.AWSLogsIntegrationApi.CreateAWSLambdaARN(authV1, *attachLambdaArnRequest)
+	response, httpresp, err := datadogClientV1.AWSLogsIntegrationApi.CreateAWSLambdaARN(authV1, *attachLambdaArnRequest)
 	if err != nil {
 		return utils.TranslateClientErrorDiag(err, "error attaching Lambda ARN to AWS integration account")
 	}
 
+	res := response.(map[string]interface{})
+	if status, ok := res["status"]; ok && status == "error" {
+		return diag.FromErr(fmt.Errorf("error attaching Lambda ARN to AWS integration account: %s", httpresp.Body))
+	}
+
 	d.SetId(fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", attachLambdaArnRequest.GetAccountId(), attachLambdaArnRequest.GetLambdaArn()))
 
 	return resourceDatadogIntegrationAwsLambdaArnRead(ctx, d, meta)