diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route.go
index 8c4238fe75..915e12e481 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func resourceAwsRouteCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	}
 
 	var route *ec2.Route
-	err = resource.Retry(15*time.Second, func() *resource.RetryError {
+	err = resource.Retry(2*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
 		route, err = findResourceRoute(conn, d.Get("route_table_id").(string), d.Get("destination_cidr_block").(string))
 		return resource.RetryableError(err)
 	})