diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_sns_platform_application.go b/aws/resource_aws_sns_platform_application.go
index c425c458ec1..c684e06cf86 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_sns_platform_application.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_sns_platform_application.go
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ func resourceAwsSnsPlatformApplicationRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfac
 	})
 
 	if err != nil {
+		if isAWSErr(err, sns.ErrCodeNotFoundException, "") {
+			log.Printf("[WARN] SNS Platform Application (%s) not found, removing from state", d.Id())
+			d.SetId("")
+			return nil
+		}
 		return err
 	}