diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_appautoscaling_policy.go b/aws/resource_aws_appautoscaling_policy.go
index 9a3e495450cc..9c62f10bdfb9 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_appautoscaling_policy.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_appautoscaling_policy.go
@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@ func resourceAwsAppautoscalingPolicyCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfac
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
+	if isResourceTimeoutError(err) {
+		resp, err = conn.PutScalingPolicy(&params)
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to create scaling policy: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -302,6 +305,9 @@ func resourceAwsAppautoscalingPolicyRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
+	if isResourceTimeoutError(err) {
+		p, err = getAwsAppautoscalingPolicy(d, meta)
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to read scaling policy: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -353,6 +359,9 @@ func resourceAwsAppautoscalingPolicyUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfac
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
+	if isResourceTimeoutError(err) {
+		_, err = conn.PutScalingPolicy(&params)
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to update scaling policy: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_appautoscaling_scheduled_action.go b/aws/resource_aws_appautoscaling_scheduled_action.go
index 03ac1156b928..33a7cd4aa113 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_appautoscaling_scheduled_action.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_appautoscaling_scheduled_action.go
@@ -133,9 +133,12 @@ func resourceAwsAppautoscalingScheduledActionPut(d *schema.ResourceData, meta in
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
+	if isResourceTimeoutError(err) {
+		_, err = conn.PutScheduledAction(input)
+	}
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error putting scheduled action: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	d.SetId(d.Get("name").(string) + "-" + d.Get("service_namespace").(string) + "-" + d.Get("resource_id").(string))