@@ -407,7 +407,14 @@ func resourceAwsDbInstanceCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 		}
 
 		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("name"); ok {
-			opts.DBName = aws.String(attr.(string))
+			// "Note: This parameter [DBName] doesn't apply to the MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MariaDB engines."
+			// https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot.html
+			switch strings.ToLower(d.Get("engine").(string)) {
+			case "mysql", "postgres", "mariadb":
+				// skip
+			default:
+				opts.DBName = aws.String(attr.(string))
+			}
 		}
 
 		if attr, ok := d.GetOk("availability_zone"); ok {
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`@@ -407,7 +407,14 @@ func resourceAwsDbInstanceCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error`
`407`	`407`	`}`
`408`	`408`
`409`	`409`	`if attr, ok := d.GetOk("name"); ok {`
`410`		`- opts.DBName = aws.String(attr.(string))`
	`410`	`+ // "Note: This parameter [DBName] doesn't apply to the MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MariaDB engines."`
	`411`	`+ // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot.html`
	`412`	`+ switch strings.ToLower(d.Get("engine").(string)) {`
	`413`	`+ case "mysql", "postgres", "mariadb":`
	`414`	`+ // skip`
	`415`	`+ default:`
	`416`	`+ opts.DBName = aws.String(attr.(string))`
	`417`	`+ }`
`411`	`418`	`}`
`412`	`419`
`413`	`420`	`if attr, ok := d.GetOk("availability_zone"); ok {`