diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_network_acl_rule.go b/aws/resource_aws_network_acl_rule.go
index ac4c4a422a8..f3e686da954 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_network_acl_rule.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_network_acl_rule.go
@@ -269,6 +269,11 @@ func findNetworkAclRule(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) (*ec2.NetworkA
 	log.Printf("[INFO] Describing Network Acl: %s", d.Get("network_acl_id").(string))
 	log.Printf("[INFO] Describing Network Acl with the Filters %#v", params)
 	resp, err := conn.DescribeNetworkAcls(params)
+
+	if isAWSErr(err, "InvalidNetworkAclID.NotFound", "") {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error Finding Network Acl Rule %d: %s", d.Get("rule_number").(int), err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_network_acl_rule_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_network_acl_rule_test.go
index 75d35d9a682..421b5058670 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_network_acl_rule_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_network_acl_rule_test.go
@@ -34,6 +34,47 @@ func TestAccAWSNetworkAclRule_basic(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccAWSNetworkAclRule_disappears(t *testing.T) {
+	var networkAcl ec2.NetworkAcl
+
+	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSNetworkAclRuleDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSNetworkAclRuleBasicConfig,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckAWSNetworkAclRuleExists("aws_network_acl_rule.baz", &networkAcl),
+					testAccCheckAWSNetworkAclRuleDelete("aws_network_acl_rule.baz"),
+				),
+				ExpectNonEmptyPlan: true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestAccAWSNetworkAclRule_disappears_NetworkAcl(t *testing.T) {
+	var networkAcl ec2.NetworkAcl
+	resourceName := "aws_network_acl.bar"
+
+	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSNetworkAclRuleDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSNetworkAclRuleBasicConfig,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckAWSNetworkAclExists(resourceName, &networkAcl),
+					testAccCheckAWSNetworkAclDisappears(&networkAcl),
+				),
+				ExpectNonEmptyPlan: true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccAWSNetworkAclRule_missingParam(t *testing.T) {
 
 	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
@@ -210,26 +251,6 @@ func TestResourceAWSNetworkAclRule_validateICMPArgumentValue(t *testing.T) {
 
 }
 
-func TestAccAWSNetworkAclRule_deleteRule(t *testing.T) {
-	var networkAcl ec2.NetworkAcl
-
-	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
-		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
-		Providers:    testAccProviders,
-		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSNetworkAclRuleDestroy,
-		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
-			{
-				Config: testAccAWSNetworkAclRuleBasicConfig,
-				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
-					testAccCheckAWSNetworkAclRuleExists("aws_network_acl_rule.baz", &networkAcl),
-					testAccCheckAWSNetworkAclRuleDelete("aws_network_acl_rule.baz"),
-				),
-				ExpectNonEmptyPlan: true,
-			},
-		},
-	})
-}
-
 func testAccCheckAWSNetworkAclRuleDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 
 	for _, rs := range s.RootModule().Resources {
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_network_acl_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_network_acl_test.go
index 67eb66f9f76..1e774847a45 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_network_acl_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_network_acl_test.go
@@ -121,6 +121,27 @@ func TestAccAWSNetworkAcl_importBasic(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccAWSNetworkAcl_disappears(t *testing.T) {
+	var networkAcl ec2.NetworkAcl
+	resourceName := "aws_network_acl.bar"
+
+	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSNetworkAclDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSNetworkAclEgressNIngressConfig,
+				Check: resource.ComposeAggregateTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckAWSNetworkAclExists(resourceName, &networkAcl),
+					testAccCheckAWSNetworkAclDisappears(&networkAcl),
+				),
+				ExpectNonEmptyPlan: true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccAWSNetworkAcl_Egress_ConfigMode(t *testing.T) {
 	var networkAcl1, networkAcl2, networkAcl3 ec2.NetworkAcl
 	resourceName := "aws_network_acl.test"
@@ -638,6 +659,20 @@ func testAccCheckAWSNetworkAclDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func testAccCheckAWSNetworkAclDisappears(networkAcl *ec2.NetworkAcl) resource.TestCheckFunc {
+	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
+		conn := testAccProvider.Meta().(*AWSClient).ec2conn
+
+		input := &ec2.DeleteNetworkAclInput{
+			NetworkAclId: networkAcl.NetworkAclId,
+		}
+
+		_, err := conn.DeleteNetworkAcl(input)
+
+		return err
+	}
+}
+
 func testAccCheckAWSNetworkAclExists(n string, networkAcl *ec2.NetworkAcl) resource.TestCheckFunc {
 	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
 		rs, ok := s.RootModule().Resources[n]