diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ec2_asg_retry_deletion_when_busy.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/ec2_asg_retry_deletion_when_busy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c1ce7420783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/ec2_asg_retry_deletion_when_busy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - Retry deleting the autoscaling group if there are scaling activities in progress.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_asg.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_asg.py
index 7b88a717d39..45433ba6a64 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_asg.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_asg.py
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ def update_asg(connection, **params):
     connection.update_auto_scaling_group(**params)
 
 
-@AWSRetry.backoff(**backoff_params)
+@AWSRetry.backoff(catch_extra_error_codes=['ScalingActivityInProgress'], **backoff_params)
 def delete_asg(connection, asg_name, force_delete):
     connection.delete_auto_scaling_group(AutoScalingGroupName=asg_name, ForceDelete=force_delete)