diff --git a/google/services/resourcemanager/resource_google_service_account.go b/google/services/resourcemanager/resource_google_service_account.go
index 999703c3354..30cf8684213 100644
--- a/google/services/resourcemanager/resource_google_service_account.go
+++ b/google/services/resourcemanager/resource_google_service_account.go
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ func resourceGoogleServiceAccountCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// We can't guarantee complete consistency even after polling,
+	// so sleep for some additional time to reduce the likelihood of
+	// eventual consistency failures.
+	time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
+
 	return resourceGoogleServiceAccountRead(d, meta)
 }