diff --git a/builder/amazon/chroot/builder.go b/builder/amazon/chroot/builder.go
index 013394ee7..f2f3a10e8 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/chroot/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/chroot/builder.go
@@ -189,15 +189,14 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		&StepEarlyCleanup{},
 		&StepSnapshot{},
 		&StepRegisterAMI{},
+		&awscommon.StepAMIRegionCopy{
+			Regions: b.config.AMIRegions,
+		},
 		&awscommon.StepModifyAMIAttributes{
 			Description: b.config.AMIDescription,
 			Users:       b.config.AMIUsers,
 			Groups:      b.config.AMIGroups,
 		},
-		&awscommon.StepAMIRegionCopy{
-			Regions: b.config.AMIRegions,
-			Tags:    b.config.AMITags,
-		},
 		&awscommon.StepCreateTags{
 			Tags: b.config.AMITags,
 		},
diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/step_ami_region_copy.go b/builder/amazon/common/step_ami_region_copy.go
index 109e6de6d..8d50f5dfc 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/step_ami_region_copy.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/step_ami_region_copy.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 
 type StepAMIRegionCopy struct {
 	Regions []string
-	Tags    map[string]string
 }
 
 func (s *StepAMIRegionCopy) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
@@ -49,25 +48,6 @@ func (s *StepAMIRegionCopy) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 			return multistep.ActionHalt
 		}
 
-		// Need to re-apply Tags since they are not copied with the AMI
-		if len(s.Tags) > 0 {
-			ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Adding tags to AMI (%s)...", resp.ImageId))
-
-			var ec2Tags []ec2.Tag
-			for key, value := range s.Tags {
-				ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Adding tag: \"%s\": \"%s\"", key, value))
-				ec2Tags = append(ec2Tags, ec2.Tag{key, value})
-			}
-
-			_, err := regionconn.CreateTags([]string{resp.ImageId}, ec2Tags)
-			if err != nil {
-				err := fmt.Errorf("Error adding tags to AMI (%s): %s", resp.ImageId, err)
-				state.Put("error", err)
-				ui.Error(err.Error())
-				return multistep.ActionHalt
-			}
-		}
-
 		amis[region] = resp.ImageId
 	}
 
diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/step_create_tags.go b/builder/amazon/common/step_create_tags.go
index 030211509..a204ca321 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/step_create_tags.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/step_create_tags.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package common
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/goamz/aws"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/goamz/ec2"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
@@ -15,23 +16,25 @@ func (s *StepCreateTags) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 	ec2conn := state.Get("ec2").(*ec2.EC2)
 	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
 	amis := state.Get("amis").(map[string]string)
-	ami := amis[ec2conn.Region.Name]
 
 	if len(s.Tags) > 0 {
-		ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Adding tags to AMI (%s)...", ami))
+		for region, ami := range amis {
+			ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Adding tags to AMI (%s)...", ami))
 
-		var ec2Tags []ec2.Tag
-		for key, value := range s.Tags {
-			ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Adding tag: \"%s\": \"%s\"", key, value))
-			ec2Tags = append(ec2Tags, ec2.Tag{key, value})
-		}
+			var ec2Tags []ec2.Tag
+			for key, value := range s.Tags {
+				ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Adding tag: \"%s\": \"%s\"", key, value))
+				ec2Tags = append(ec2Tags, ec2.Tag{key, value})
+			}
 
-		_, err := ec2conn.CreateTags([]string{ami}, ec2Tags)
-		if err != nil {
-			err := fmt.Errorf("Error adding tags to AMI (%s): %s", ami, err)
-			state.Put("error", err)
-			ui.Error(err.Error())
-			return multistep.ActionHalt
+			regionconn := ec2.New(ec2conn.Auth, aws.Regions[region])
+			_, err := regionconn.CreateTags([]string{ami}, ec2Tags)
+			if err != nil {
+				err := fmt.Errorf("Error adding tags to AMI (%s): %s", ami, err)
+				state.Put("error", err)
+				ui.Error(err.Error())
+				return multistep.ActionHalt
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/step_modify_ami_attributes.go b/builder/amazon/common/step_modify_ami_attributes.go
index 25ba79c2c..533d4cfd9 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/step_modify_ami_attributes.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/step_modify_ami_attributes.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package common
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/goamz/aws"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/goamz/ec2"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ func (s *StepModifyAMIAttributes) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAc
 	ec2conn := state.Get("ec2").(*ec2.EC2)
 	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
 	amis := state.Get("amis").(map[string]string)
-	ami := amis[ec2conn.Region.Name]
 
 	// Determine if there is any work to do.
 	valid := false
@@ -59,15 +59,18 @@ func (s *StepModifyAMIAttributes) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAc
 		}
 	}
 
-	ui.Say("Modifying AMI attributes...")
-	for name, opts := range options {
-		ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Modifying: %s", name))
-		_, err := ec2conn.ModifyImageAttribute(ami, opts)
-		if err != nil {
-			err := fmt.Errorf("Error modify AMI attributes: %s", err)
-			state.Put("error", err)
-			ui.Error(err.Error())
-			return multistep.ActionHalt
+	for region, ami := range amis {
+		ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Modifying attributes on AMI (%s)...", ami))
+		regionconn := ec2.New(ec2conn.Auth, aws.Regions[region])
+		for name, opts := range options {
+			ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Modifying: %s", name))
+			_, err := regionconn.ModifyImageAttribute(ami, opts)
+			if err != nil {
+				err := fmt.Errorf("Error modify AMI attributes: %s", err)
+				state.Put("error", err)
+				ui.Error(err.Error())
+				return multistep.ActionHalt
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go b/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
index 5c6cd16dd..ca899ab6f 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
@@ -109,15 +109,14 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		&common.StepProvision{},
 		&stepStopInstance{},
 		&stepCreateAMI{},
+		&awscommon.StepAMIRegionCopy{
+			Regions: b.config.AMIRegions,
+		},
 		&awscommon.StepModifyAMIAttributes{
 			Description: b.config.AMIDescription,
 			Users:       b.config.AMIUsers,
 			Groups:      b.config.AMIGroups,
 		},
-		&awscommon.StepAMIRegionCopy{
-			Regions: b.config.AMIRegions,
-			Tags:    b.config.AMITags,
-		},
 		&awscommon.StepCreateTags{
 			Tags: b.config.AMITags,
 		},
diff --git a/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go b/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
index 2fd5b0664..10fd3516e 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
@@ -214,16 +214,15 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		&StepBundleVolume{},
 		&StepUploadBundle{},
 		&StepRegisterAMI{},
+		&awscommon.StepAMIRegionCopy{
+			Regions: b.config.AMIRegions,
+		},
 		&awscommon.StepModifyAMIAttributes{
 			Description:  b.config.AMIDescription,
 			Users:        b.config.AMIUsers,
 			Groups:       b.config.AMIGroups,
 			ProductCodes: b.config.AMIProductCodes,
 		},
-		&awscommon.StepAMIRegionCopy{
-			Regions: b.config.AMIRegions,
-			Tags:    b.config.AMITags,
-		},
 		&awscommon.StepCreateTags{
 			Tags: b.config.AMITags,
 		},