diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go
index 9686c48a90..1966c33de4 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go
@@ -407,12 +407,9 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53RecordBuildSet(d *schema.ResourceData, zoneName string) (
 		rec.HealthCheckId = aws.String(v.(string))
 	}
 
-	if v, ok := d.GetOk("weight"); ok {
-		rec.Weight = aws.Int64(int64(v.(int)))
-	}
-
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("set_identifier"); ok {
 		rec.SetIdentifier = aws.String(v.(string))
+		rec.Weight = aws.Int64(int64(d.Get("weight").(int)))
 	}
 
 	return rec, nil
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record_test.go
index 6b25488d37..bbeb859cd8 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record_test.go
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ func TestAccAWSRoute53Record_weighted(t *testing.T) {
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 					testAccCheckRoute53RecordExists("aws_route53_record.www-dev"),
 					testAccCheckRoute53RecordExists("aws_route53_record.www-live"),
+					testAccCheckRoute53RecordExists("aws_route53_record.www-off"),
 				),
 			},
 		},
@@ -407,6 +408,16 @@ resource "aws_route53_record" "www-live" {
   set_identifier = "live"
   records = ["dev.notexample.com"]
 }
+
+resource "aws_route53_record" "www-off" {
+  zone_id = "${aws_route53_zone.main.zone_id}"
+  name = "www"
+  type = "CNAME"
+  ttl = "5"
+  weight = 0
+  set_identifier = "off"
+  records = ["dev.notexample.com"]
+}
 `
 
 const testAccRoute53ElbAliasRecord = `