diff --git a/azurerm/resource_arm_express_route_circuit_peering.go b/azurerm/resource_arm_express_route_circuit_peering.go
index 5bb0f3bb2c7d..a08d1e5fbe5a 100644
--- a/azurerm/resource_arm_express_route_circuit_peering.go
+++ b/azurerm/resource_arm_express_route_circuit_peering.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ func resourceArmExpressRouteCircuitPeering() *schema.Resource {
 		Read:   resourceArmExpressRouteCircuitPeeringRead,
 		Update: resourceArmExpressRouteCircuitPeeringCreateUpdate,
 		Delete: resourceArmExpressRouteCircuitPeeringDelete,
+
 		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
 			State: schema.ImportStatePassthrough,
 		},
diff --git a/azurerm/resource_arm_express_route_circuit_peering_test.go b/azurerm/resource_arm_express_route_circuit_peering_test.go
index b34887cff630..fa0237ed1661 100644
--- a/azurerm/resource_arm_express_route_circuit_peering_test.go
+++ b/azurerm/resource_arm_express_route_circuit_peering_test.go
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ func testAccAzureRMExpressRouteCircuitPeering_azurePrivatePeering(t *testing.T)
 				),
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      resourceName,
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            resourceName,
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"shared_key"}, //is not returned by the API
 			},
 		},
 	})