diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_asg.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_asg.py
index da2c3cefcd6..855aae1715f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_asg.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_asg.py
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ def create_autoscaling_group(connection, module):
     wait_for_instances = module.params.get('wait_for_instances')
     as_groups = connection.get_all_groups(names=[group_name])
     wait_timeout = module.params.get('wait_timeout')
+    termination_policies = module.params.get('termination_policies')
 
     if not vpc_zone_identifier and not availability_zones:
         region, ec2_url, aws_connect_params = get_aws_connection_info(module)