func resourceAwsDbEventSubscriptionRetrieve(
	name string, rdsconn *rds.RDS) (*rds.EventSubscription, error) {

	request := &rds.DescribeEventSubscriptionsInput{
		SubscriptionName: aws.String(name),
	}

	describeResp, err := rdsconn.DescribeEventSubscriptions(request)
	if err != nil {
		if rdserr, ok := err.(awserr.Error); ok && rdserr.Code() == "SubscriptionNotFound" {
			log.Printf("[WARN] No RDS Event Subscription by name (%s) found", name)
			return nil, nil
		}
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error reading RDS Event Subscription %s: %s", name, err)
	}

	if len(describeResp.EventSubscriptionsList) != 1 {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to find RDS Event Subscription: %#v", describeResp.EventSubscriptionsList)
	}

	return describeResp.EventSubscriptionsList[0], nil
}