diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_wafregional_web_acl_association.go b/aws/resource_aws_wafregional_web_acl_association.go
index c858948bbab..3adea483d67 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_wafregional_web_acl_association.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_wafregional_web_acl_association.go
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ func resourceAwsWafRegionalWebAclAssociationRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta in
 	}
 
 	if output == nil || output.WebACLSummary == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error getting WAF Regional Web ACL for resource (%s): empty response", resourceArn)
+		log.Printf("[WARN] WAF Regional Web ACL for resource (%s) not found, removing from state", resourceArn)
+		d.SetId("")
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	d.Set("resource_arn", resourceArn)
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_wafregional_web_acl_association_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_wafregional_web_acl_association_test.go
index d21b9beb7cd..aaa9bf36307 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_wafregional_web_acl_association_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_wafregional_web_acl_association_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,24 @@ func TestAccAWSWafRegionalWebAclAssociation_basic(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccAWSWafRegionalWebAclAssociation_disappears(t *testing.T) {
+	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckWafRegionalWebAclAssociationDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccCheckWafRegionalWebAclAssociationConfig_basic,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckWafRegionalWebAclAssociationExists("aws_wafregional_web_acl_association.foo"),
+					testAccCheckWafRegionalWebAclAssociationDisappears("aws_wafregional_web_acl_association.foo"),
+				),
+				ExpectNonEmptyPlan: true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccAWSWafRegionalWebAclAssociation_multipleAssociations(t *testing.T) {
 	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
 		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
@@ -119,6 +137,33 @@ func testAccCheckWafRegionalWebAclAssociationExists(n string) resource.TestCheck
 	}
 }
 
+func testAccCheckWafRegionalWebAclAssociationDisappears(resourceName string) resource.TestCheckFunc {
+	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
+		// waf.WebACLSummary does not contain the information so we instead just use the state information
+
+		rs, ok := s.RootModule().Resources[resourceName]
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Not found: %s", resourceName)
+		}
+
+		if rs.Primary.ID == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("No WebACL association ID is set")
+		}
+
+		_, resourceArn := resourceAwsWafRegionalWebAclAssociationParseId(rs.Primary.ID)
+
+		conn := testAccProvider.Meta().(*AWSClient).wafregionalconn
+
+		input := &wafregional.DisassociateWebACLInput{
+			ResourceArn: aws.String(resourceArn),
+		}
+
+		_, err := conn.DisassociateWebACL(input)
+
+		return err
+	}
+}
+
 const testAccCheckWafRegionalWebAclAssociationConfig_basic = `
 resource "aws_wafregional_rule" "foo" {
   name = "foo"