diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_elastic_transcoder_pipeline.go b/aws/resource_aws_elastic_transcoder_pipeline.go
index 60dee0dd2f94..69c22a2c1ebd 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_elastic_transcoder_pipeline.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_elastic_transcoder_pipeline.go
@@ -424,10 +424,10 @@ func resourceAwsElasticTranscoderPipelineRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta inter
 
 	pipeline := resp.Pipeline
 
-	d.Set("arn", *pipeline.Arn)
+	d.Set("arn", pipeline.Arn)
 
 	if arn := pipeline.AwsKmsKeyArn; arn != nil {
-		d.Set("aws_kms_key_arn", *arn)
+		d.Set("aws_kms_key_arn", arn)
 	}
 
 	if pipeline.ContentConfig != nil {
@@ -444,8 +444,8 @@ func resourceAwsElasticTranscoderPipelineRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta inter
 		}
 	}
 
-	d.Set("input_bucket", *pipeline.InputBucket)
-	d.Set("name", *pipeline.Name)
+	d.Set("input_bucket", pipeline.InputBucket)
+	d.Set("name", pipeline.Name)
 
 	notifications := flattenETNotifications(pipeline.Notifications)
 	if notifications != nil {
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ func resourceAwsElasticTranscoderPipelineRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta inter
 		}
 	}
 
-	d.Set("role", *pipeline.Role)
+	d.Set("role", pipeline.Role)
 
 	if pipeline.ThumbnailConfig != nil {
 		err := d.Set("thumbnail_config", flattenETPipelineOutputConfig(pipeline.ThumbnailConfig))
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ func resourceAwsElasticTranscoderPipelineRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta inter
 	}
 
 	if pipeline.OutputBucket != nil {
-		d.Set("output_bucket", *pipeline.OutputBucket)
+		d.Set("output_bucket", pipeline.OutputBucket)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_elastic_transcoder_preset.go b/aws/resource_aws_elastic_transcoder_preset.go
index 1815ec6d4472..22f3c2ef02ba 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_elastic_transcoder_preset.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_elastic_transcoder_preset.go
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ func resourceAwsElasticTranscoderPresetCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta inter
 	}
 
 	d.SetId(*resp.Preset.Id)
-	d.Set("arn", *resp.Preset.Arn)
+	d.Set("arn", resp.Preset.Arn)
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ func resourceAwsElasticTranscoderPresetRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfa
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Elastic Transcoder Preset Read response: %#v", resp)
 
 	preset := resp.Preset
-	d.Set("arn", *preset.Arn)
+	d.Set("arn", preset.Arn)
 
 	if preset.Audio != nil {
 		err := d.Set("audio", flattenETAudioParameters(preset.Audio))
@@ -501,9 +501,9 @@ func resourceAwsElasticTranscoderPresetRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfa
 		}
 	}
 
-	d.Set("container", *preset.Container)
-	d.Set("name", *preset.Name)
-	d.Set("description", *preset.Description)
+	d.Set("container", preset.Container)
+	d.Set("name", preset.Name)
+	d.Set("description", preset.Description)
 
 	if preset.Thumbnails != nil {
 		err := d.Set("thumbnails", flattenETThumbnails(preset.Thumbnails))
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ func resourceAwsElasticTranscoderPresetRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfa
 		}
 	}
 
-	d.Set("type", *preset.Type)
+	d.Set("type", preset.Type)
 
 	if preset.Video != nil {
 		err := d.Set("video", flattenETVideoParams(preset.Video))