diff --git a/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_networking_network_v2.go b/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_networking_network_v2.go
index 8631db071a..8a527895cd 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_networking_network_v2.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_networking_network_v2.go
@@ -244,6 +244,11 @@ func waitForNetworkDelete(networkingClient *gophercloud.ServiceClient, networkId
 				log.Printf("[DEBUG] Successfully deleted OpenStack Network %s", networkId)
 				return n, "DELETED", nil
 			}
+			if errCode, ok := err.(gophercloud.ErrUnexpectedResponseCode); ok {
+				if errCode.Actual == 409 {
+					return n, "ACTIVE", nil
+				}
+			}
 			return n, "ACTIVE", err
 		}
 
diff --git a/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_networking_subnet_v2.go b/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_networking_subnet_v2.go
index 081f9bfd7d..6a4a331263 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_networking_subnet_v2.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_networking_subnet_v2.go
@@ -385,6 +385,11 @@ func waitForSubnetDelete(networkingClient *gophercloud.ServiceClient, subnetId s
 				log.Printf("[DEBUG] Successfully deleted OpenStack Subnet %s", subnetId)
 				return s, "DELETED", nil
 			}
+			if errCode, ok := err.(gophercloud.ErrUnexpectedResponseCode); ok {
+				if errCode.Actual == 409 {
+					return s, "ACTIVE", nil
+				}
+			}
 			return s, "ACTIVE", err
 		}