diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_alb_target_group.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_alb_target_group.go
index 78fdc1d10..8de850a31 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_alb_target_group.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_alb_target_group.go
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ func albTargetGroupSuffixFromARN(arn *string) string {
 
 	if arnComponents := regexp.MustCompile(`arn:.*:targetgroup/(.*)`).FindAllStringSubmatch(*arn, -1); len(arnComponents) == 1 {
 		if len(arnComponents[0]) == 2 {
-			return arnComponents[0][1]
+			return fmt.Sprintf("targetgroup/%s", arnComponents[0][1])
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_alb_target_group_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_alb_target_group_test.go
index c61fea6c7..b407ac948 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_alb_target_group_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_alb_target_group_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func TestALBTargetGroupCloudwatchSuffixFromARN(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:   "valid suffix",
 			arn:    aws.String(`arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-1:123456:targetgroup/my-targets/73e2d6bc24d8a067`),
-			suffix: `my-targets/73e2d6bc24d8a067`,
+			suffix: `targetgroup/my-targets/73e2d6bc24d8a067`,
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "no suffix",