diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
index 0e63c9d44..79ce2f6b7 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ func testAccCheckAWSAutoScalingGroupDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 
 func testAccCheckAWSAutoScalingGroupAttributes(group *autoscaling.AutoScalingGroup) resource.TestCheckFunc {
 	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
-		if group.AvailabilityZones[0].AvailabilityZone != "us-west-2a" {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Bad availability_zones: %s", group.AvailabilityZones[0].AvailabilityZone)
+		if group.AvailabilityZones[0] != "us-west-2a" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Bad availability_zones: %s", group.AvailabilityZones[0])
 		}
 
 		if group.Name != "foobar3-terraform-test" {
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ func testAccCheckAWSAutoScalingGroupAttributes(group *autoscaling.AutoScalingGro
 
 func testAccCheckAWSAutoScalingGroupAttributesLoadBalancer(group *autoscaling.AutoScalingGroup) resource.TestCheckFunc {
 	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
-		if group.LoadBalancerNames[0].LoadBalancerName != "foobar-terraform-test" {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Bad load_balancers: %s", group.LoadBalancerNames[0].LoadBalancerName)
+		if group.LoadBalancerNames[0] != "foobar-terraform-test" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Bad load_balancers: %s", group.LoadBalancerNames[0])
 		}
 
 		return nil