diff --git a/moto/s3/responses.py b/moto/s3/responses.py
index 115fe98a..3b349d86 100644
--- a/moto/s3/responses.py
+++ b/moto/s3/responses.py
@@ -336,6 +336,12 @@ class ResponseObject(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin):
             self.backend.set_bucket_website_configuration(bucket_name, body)
             return ""
         else:
+            if body:
+                try:
+                    region_name = xmltodict.parse(body)['CreateBucketConfiguration']['LocationConstraint']
+                except KeyError:
+                    pass
+
             try:
                 new_bucket = self.backend.create_bucket(
                     bucket_name, region_name)
diff --git a/tests/test_s3/test_s3.py b/tests/test_s3/test_s3.py
index 5c830a90..8841f9f7 100644
--- a/tests/test_s3/test_s3.py
+++ b/tests/test_s3/test_s3.py
@@ -1207,6 +1207,22 @@ def test_boto3_bucket_create():
         "utf-8").should.equal("some text")
 
 
+@mock_s3
+def test_bucket_create_duplicate():
+    s3 = boto3.resource('s3', region_name='us-west-2')
+    s3.create_bucket(Bucket="blah", CreateBucketConfiguration={
+        'LocationConstraint': 'us-west-2',
+    })
+    with assert_raises(ClientError) as exc:
+        s3.create_bucket(
+            Bucket="blah",
+            CreateBucketConfiguration={
+                'LocationConstraint': 'us-west-2',
+            }
+        )
+    exc.exception.response['Error']['Code'].should.equal('BucketAlreadyExists')
+
+
 @mock_s3
 def test_boto3_bucket_create_eu_central():
     s3 = boto3.resource('s3', region_name='eu-central-1')