diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_instance_profile_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_instance_profile_test.go
index 0de1371021..f60c4584fb 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_instance_profile_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_iam_instance_profile_test.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func TestAccAWSIAMInstanceProfile_missingRoleThrowsError(t *testing.T) {
 		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
 			{
 				Config:      testAccAwsIamInstanceProfileConfigMissingRole(rName),
-				ExpectError: regexp.MustCompile("Either `roles` or `role` must be specified when creating an IAM Instance Profile"),
+				ExpectError: regexp.MustCompile(regexp.QuoteMeta("Either `role` or `roles` (deprecated) must be specified when creating an IAM Instance Profile")),
 			},
 		},
 	})