diff --git a/homeassistant/helpers/entity_component.py b/homeassistant/helpers/entity_component.py
index 5330eafed19..9e059528619 100644
--- a/homeassistant/helpers/entity_component.py
+++ b/homeassistant/helpers/entity_component.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class EntityComponent(object):
         ).result()
 
     def async_extract_from_service(self, service, expand_group=True):
-        """Extract all known entities from a service call.
+        """Extract all known and available entities from a service call.
 
         Will return all entities if no entities specified in call.
         Will return an empty list if entities specified but unknown.
@@ -103,11 +103,13 @@ class EntityComponent(object):
         This method must be run in the event loop.
         """
         if ATTR_ENTITY_ID not in service.data:
-            return list(self.entities.values())
+            return [entity for entity in self.entities.values()
+                    if entity.available]
 
         return [self.entities[entity_id] for entity_id
                 in extract_entity_ids(self.hass, service, expand_group)
-                if entity_id in self.entities]
+                if entity_id in self.entities and
+                self.entities[entity_id].available]
 
     @asyncio.coroutine
     def _async_setup_platform(self, platform_type, platform_config,
diff --git a/tests/helpers/test_entity_component.py b/tests/helpers/test_entity_component.py
index 38dc01b4387..a76b3a15068 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/test_entity_component.py
+++ b/tests/helpers/test_entity_component.py
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ class EntityTest(Entity):
         """Return the unique ID of the entity."""
         return self._handle('unique_id')
 
+    @property
+    def available(self):
+        """Return True if entity is available."""
+        return self._handle('available')
+
     def _handle(self, attr):
         """Helper for the attributes."""
         if attr in self._values:
@@ -474,3 +479,29 @@ def test_platform_warn_slow_setup(hass):
         assert logger_method == _LOGGER.warning
 
         assert mock_call().cancel.called
+
+
+@asyncio.coroutine
+def test_extract_from_service_available_device(hass):
+    """Test the extraction of entity from service and device is available."""
+    component = EntityComponent(_LOGGER, DOMAIN, hass)
+    yield from component.async_add_entities([
+        EntityTest(name='test_1'),
+        EntityTest(name='test_2', available=False),
+        EntityTest(name='test_3'),
+        EntityTest(name='test_4', available=False),
+    ])
+
+    call_1 = ha.ServiceCall('test', 'service')
+
+    assert ['test_domain.test_1', 'test_domain.test_3'] == \
+        sorted(ent.entity_id for ent in
+               component.async_extract_from_service(call_1))
+
+    call_2 = ha.ServiceCall('test', 'service', data={
+        'entity_id': ['test_domain.test_3', 'test_domain.test_4'],
+    })
+
+    assert ['test_domain.test_3'] == \
+        sorted(ent.entity_id for ent in
+               component.async_extract_from_service(call_2))