diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_integration.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_integration.go
index 90b2f3d24..62e6985b5 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_integration.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_integration.go
@@ -41,16 +41,9 @@ func resourceAwsApiGatewayIntegration() *schema.Resource {
 			},
 
 			"type": &schema.Schema{
-				Type:     schema.TypeString,
-				Required: true,
-				ValidateFunc: func(v interface{}, k string) (ws []string, errors []error) {
-					value := v.(string)
-					if value != "MOCK" && value != "AWS" && value != "HTTP" && value != "AWS_PROXY" && value != "HTTP_PROXY" {
-						errors = append(errors, fmt.Errorf(
-							"%q must be one of 'AWS', 'MOCK', 'HTTP', 'AWS_PROXY', 'HTTP_PROXY'", k))
-					}
-					return
-				},
+				Type:         schema.TypeString,
+				Required:     true,
+				ValidateFunc: validateApiGatewayIntegrationType,
 			},
 
 			"uri": &schema.Schema{
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/validators.go b/builtin/providers/aws/validators.go
index bb65870f5..50af23f26 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/validators.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/validators.go
@@ -467,3 +467,12 @@ func validateJsonString(v interface{}, k string) (ws []string, errors []error) {
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+func validateApiGatewayIntegrationType(v interface{}, k string) (ws []string, errors []error) {
+	value := v.(string)
+	if value != "MOCK" && value != "AWS" && value != "HTTP" && value != "AWS_PROXY" && value != "HTTP_PROXY" {
+		errors = append(errors, fmt.Errorf(
+			"%q must be one of 'AWS', 'MOCK', 'HTTP', 'AWS_PROXY', 'HTTP_PROXY'", k))
+	}
+	return
+}