diff --git a/internal/service/ec2/ec2_spot_instance_request.go b/internal/service/ec2/ec2_spot_instance_request.go
index 064ca3ad3a15..d222b1c363ac 100644
--- a/internal/service/ec2/ec2_spot_instance_request.go
+++ b/internal/service/ec2/ec2_spot_instance_request.go
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ func resourceSpotInstanceRequestCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceDa
 		},
 	)
 
+	if err != nil {
+		return sdkdiag.AppendFromErr(diags, err)
+	}
+
 	return append(diags, resourceSpotInstanceRequestRead(ctx, d, meta)...)
 }