diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_iam_user_policy.go b/aws/resource_aws_iam_user_policy.go
index cd236b67ad7..6495bc679ee 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_iam_user_policy.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_iam_user_policy.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func resourceAwsIamUserPolicyPut(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 	}
 
 	var policyName string
-	if d.Id() != "" {
+	if !d.IsNewResource() {
 		_, policyName = resourceAwsIamUserPolicyParseId(d.Id())
 	} else if v, ok := d.GetOk("name"); ok {
 		policyName = v.(string)