diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_dynamodb_table.go b/aws/resource_aws_dynamodb_table.go
index 50cf27a08c1..1aa608abd6a 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_dynamodb_table.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_dynamodb_table.go
@@ -440,9 +440,7 @@ func resourceAwsDynamoDbTableDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] DynamoDB delete table: %s", d.Id())
 
-	_, err := conn.DeleteTable(&dynamodb.DeleteTableInput{
-		TableName: aws.String(d.Id()),
-	})
+	err := deleteAwsDynamoDbTable(d.Id(), conn)
 	if err != nil {
 		if isAWSErr(err, dynamodb.ErrCodeResourceNotFoundException, "Requested resource not found: Table: ") {
 			return nil
@@ -477,6 +475,35 @@ func resourceAwsDynamoDbTableDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 	return err
 }
 
+func deleteAwsDynamoDbTable(tableName string, conn *dynamodb.DynamoDB) error {
+	input := &dynamodb.DeleteTableInput{
+		TableName: aws.String(tableName),
+	}
+
+	return resource.Retry(1*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
+		_, err := conn.DeleteTable(input)
+		if err != nil {
+			// Subscriber limit exceeded: Only 10 tables can be created, updated, or deleted simultaneously
+			if isAWSErr(err, dynamodb.ErrCodeLimitExceededException, "simultaneously") {
+				return resource.RetryableError(err)
+			}
+			// This handles multiple scenarios in the DynamoDB API:
+			// 1. Updating a table immediately before deletion may return:
+			//    ResourceInUseException: Attempt to change a resource which is still in use: Table is being updated:
+			// 2. Removing a table from a DynamoDB global table may return:
+			//    ResourceInUseException: Attempt to change a resource which is still in use: Table is being deleted:
+			if isAWSErr(err, dynamodb.ErrCodeResourceInUseException, "") {
+				return resource.RetryableError(err)
+			}
+			if isAWSErr(err, dynamodb.ErrCodeResourceNotFoundException, "Requested resource not found: Table: ") {
+				return resource.NonRetryableError(err)
+			}
+			return resource.NonRetryableError(err)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
 func updateDynamoDbTimeToLive(d *schema.ResourceData, conn *dynamodb.DynamoDB) error {
 	toBeEnabled := false
 	attributeName := ""
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_dynamodb_table_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_dynamodb_table_test.go
index 2c0723d6cdf..f50a7193cb9 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_dynamodb_table_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_dynamodb_table_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
@@ -46,20 +45,7 @@ func testSweepDynamoDbTables(region string) error {
 			}
 			log.Printf("[INFO] Deleting DynamoDB Table: %s", *tableName)
 
-			input := &dynamodb.DeleteTableInput{
-				TableName: tableName,
-			}
-			err := resource.Retry(1*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
-				_, err := conn.DeleteTable(input)
-				if err != nil {
-					// Subscriber limit exceeded: Only 10 tables can be created, updated, or deleted simultaneously
-					if isAWSErr(err, dynamodb.ErrCodeLimitExceededException, "simultaneously") {
-						return resource.RetryableError(err)
-					}
-					return resource.NonRetryableError(err)
-				}
-				return nil
-			})
+			err := deleteAwsDynamoDbTable(*tableName, conn)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Printf("[ERROR] Failed to delete DynamoDB Table %s: %s", *tableName, err)
 				continue