diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go b/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go
index 4f4c3f2b1fc..0513ffcd48b 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go
@@ -534,6 +534,8 @@ func resourceAwsAutoscalingGroupRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) e
 			log.Printf("[WARN] Error setting metrics for (%s): %s", d.Id(), err)
 		}
 		d.Set("metrics_granularity", g.EnabledMetrics[0].Granularity)
+	} else {
+		d.Set("enabled_metrics", nil)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
index a472fc88435..a74ec0dcfb4 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ func TestAccAWSAutoScalingGroup_basic(t *testing.T) {
 						"aws_autoscaling_group.bar", "termination_policies.1", "ClosestToNextInstanceHour"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
 						"aws_autoscaling_group.bar", "protect_from_scale_in", "false"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"aws_autoscaling_group.bar", "enabled_metrics.#", "0"),
 				),
 			},