diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go b/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go
index 60d2d1e3f63..d52e366df39 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go
@@ -818,7 +818,8 @@ func resourceAwsDbInstanceCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 		}
 
 		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("iops"); ok {
-			opts.Iops = aws.Int64(int64(attr.(int)))
+			modifyDbInstanceInput.Iops = aws.Int64(int64(attr.(int)))
+			requiresModifyDbInstance = true
 		}
 
 		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("license_model"); ok {
@@ -878,7 +879,8 @@ func resourceAwsDbInstanceCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 		}
 
 		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("storage_type"); ok {
-			opts.StorageType = aws.String(attr.(string))
+			modifyDbInstanceInput.StorageType = aws.String(attr.(string))
+			requiresModifyDbInstance = true
 		}
 
 		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("tde_credential_arn"); ok {
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_db_instance_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_db_instance_test.go
index 76f3d56e3da..a47284046db 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_db_instance_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_db_instance_test.go
@@ -839,6 +839,33 @@ func TestAccAWSDBInstance_SnapshotIdentifier_AllocatedStorage(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccAWSDBInstance_SnapshotIdentifier_Io1Storage(t *testing.T) {
+	var dbInstance, sourceDbInstance rds.DBInstance
+	var dbSnapshot rds.DBSnapshot
+
+	rName := acctest.RandomWithPrefix("tf-acc-test")
+	sourceDbResourceName := "aws_db_instance.source"
+	snapshotResourceName := "aws_db_snapshot.test"
+	resourceName := "aws_db_instance.test"
+
+	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSDBInstanceDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSDBInstanceConfig_SnapshotIdentifier_Io1Storage(rName, 1000),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckAWSDBInstanceExists(sourceDbResourceName, &sourceDbInstance),
+					testAccCheckDbSnapshotExists(snapshotResourceName, &dbSnapshot),
+					testAccCheckAWSDBInstanceExists(resourceName, &dbInstance),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "iops", "1000"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccAWSDBInstance_SnapshotIdentifier_AutoMinorVersionUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 	var dbInstance, sourceDbInstance rds.DBInstance
 	var dbSnapshot rds.DBSnapshot
@@ -3866,6 +3893,35 @@ resource "aws_db_instance" "test" {
 `, rName, rName, allocatedStorage, rName)
 }
 
+func testAccAWSDBInstanceConfig_SnapshotIdentifier_Io1Storage(rName string, iops int) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "aws_db_instance" "source" {
+  allocated_storage   = 200
+  engine              = "mariadb"
+  identifier          = "%s-source"
+  instance_class      = "db.t2.micro"
+  password            = "avoid-plaintext-passwords"
+  username            = "tfacctest"
+  skip_final_snapshot = true
+}
+
+resource "aws_db_snapshot" "test" {
+  db_instance_identifier = "${aws_db_instance.source.id}"
+  db_snapshot_identifier = %q
+}
+
+resource "aws_db_instance" "test" {
+  identifier          = %q
+  instance_class      = "${aws_db_instance.source.instance_class}"
+  snapshot_identifier = "${aws_db_snapshot.test.id}"
+	skip_final_snapshot = true
+	allocated_storage   = 200
+  iops                = %d
+	storage_type        = "io1"
+}
+`, rName, rName, rName, iops)
+}
+
 func testAccAWSDBInstanceConfig_SnapshotIdentifier_AutoMinorVersionUpgrade(rName string, autoMinorVersionUpgrade bool) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "aws_db_instance" "source" {