diff --git a/aws/awserr.go b/aws/awserr.go
index b0ca7400943a..fb12edd6a0a1 100644
--- a/aws/awserr.go
+++ b/aws/awserr.go
@@ -31,3 +31,24 @@ func retryOnAwsCode(code string, f func() (interface{}, error)) (interface{}, er
 	})
 	return resp, err
 }
+
+func retryOnAwsCodes(codes []string, f func() (interface{}, error)) (interface{}, error) {
+	var resp interface{}
+	err := resource.Retry(1*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
+		var err error
+		resp, err = f()
+		if err != nil {
+			awsErr, ok := err.(awserr.Error)
+			if ok {
+				for _, code := range codes {
+					if awsErr.Code() == code {
+						return resource.RetryableError(err)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			return resource.NonRetryableError(err)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	return resp, err
+}
diff --git a/aws/s3_tags.go b/aws/s3_tags.go
index e7f7c8248b7a..8de14fa3f56e 100644
--- a/aws/s3_tags.go
+++ b/aws/s3_tags.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func setTagsS3(conn *s3.S3, d *schema.ResourceData) error {
 		// Set tags
 		if len(remove) > 0 {
 			log.Printf("[DEBUG] Removing tags: %#v", remove)
-			_, err := retryOnAwsCode("NoSuchBucket", func() (interface{}, error) {
+			_, err := retryOnAwsCodes([]string{"NoSuchBucket", "OperationAborted"}, func() (interface{}, error) {
 				return conn.DeleteBucketTagging(&s3.DeleteBucketTaggingInput{
 					Bucket: aws.String(d.Get("bucket").(string)),
 				})
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func setTagsS3(conn *s3.S3, d *schema.ResourceData) error {
 				},
 			}
 
-			_, err := retryOnAwsCode("NoSuchBucket", func() (interface{}, error) {
+			_, err := retryOnAwsCodes([]string{"NoSuchBucket", "OperationAborted"}, func() (interface{}, error) {
 				return conn.PutBucketTagging(req)
 			})
 			if err != nil {