diff --git a/vault/resource_generic_secret.go b/vault/resource_generic_secret.go
index d9c3b69be..98eb740cf 100644
--- a/vault/resource_generic_secret.go
+++ b/vault/resource_generic_secret.go
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
 
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/api"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vault/internal/consts"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vault/internal/provider"
@@ -145,10 +149,24 @@ func genericSecretResourceWrite(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 
 	}
 
-	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Writing generic Vault secret to %s", path)
-	_, err = client.Logical().Write(path, data)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error writing to Vault: %s", err)
+	writeData := func() error {
+		if _, err := client.Logical().Write(path, data); err != nil {
+			if respErr, ok := err.(*api.ResponseError); ok && (respErr.StatusCode == http.StatusBadRequest) {
+				return err
+			} else {
+				return backoff.Permanent(err)
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	bo := backoff.WithMaxRetries(backoff.NewConstantBackOff(time.Millisecond*500), 10)
+
+	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Writing generic Vault secret to  %s", path)
+	if err := backoff.RetryNotify(writeData, bo, func(err error, duration time.Duration) {
+		log.Printf("[WARN] create generic secret %q failed, retrying in %s", path, duration)
+	}); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error creating generic secret: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	d.SetId(originalPath)