diff --git a/apis/autoscaling/v1beta1/zz_generated_terraformed.go b/apis/autoscaling/v1beta1/zz_generated_terraformed.go
index cea7eac337..ec794204b2 100755
--- a/apis/autoscaling/v1beta1/zz_generated_terraformed.go
+++ b/apis/autoscaling/v1beta1/zz_generated_terraformed.go
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ func (tr *AutoscalingGroup) LateInitialize(attrs []byte) (bool, error) {
 		return false, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to unmarshal Terraform state parameters for late-initialization")
 	}
 	opts := []resource.GenericLateInitializerOption{resource.WithZeroValueJSONOmitEmptyFilter(resource.CNameWildcard)}
+	opts = append(opts, resource.WithNameFilter("AvailabilityZones"))
 
 	li := resource.NewGenericLateInitializer(opts...)
 	return li.LateInitialize(&tr.Spec.ForProvider, params)
diff --git a/config/autoscaling/config.go b/config/autoscaling/config.go
index dcab6edc9e..368587909f 100644
--- a/config/autoscaling/config.go
+++ b/config/autoscaling/config.go
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ func Configure(p *config.Provider) {
 		// These are mutually exclusive with aws_autoscaling_attachment.
 		config.MoveToStatus(r.TerraformResource, "load_balancers", "target_group_arns")
 
+		r.LateInitializer = config.LateInitializer{
+			IgnoredFields: []string{
+				"availability_zones",
+			},
+		}
+
 		r.References["vpc_zone_identifier"] = config.Reference{
 			Type: "github.com/upbound/provider-aws/apis/ec2/v1beta1.Subnet",
 		}