diff --git a/builder/azure/arm/builder.go b/builder/azure/arm/builder.go
index 096fa322c..329e8e4f5 100644
--- a/builder/azure/arm/builder.go
+++ b/builder/azure/arm/builder.go
@@ -234,9 +234,9 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook) (packer.Artifact, error) {
 			&packerCommon.StepProvision{},
 			NewStepGetOSDisk(azureClient, ui),
 			NewStepGetAdditionalDisks(azureClient, ui),
+			NewStepPowerOffCompute(azureClient, ui),
 			NewStepSnapshotOSDisk(azureClient, ui, b.config),
 			NewStepSnapshotDataDisks(azureClient, ui, b.config),
-			NewStepPowerOffCompute(azureClient, ui),
 			NewStepCaptureImage(azureClient, ui),
 			NewStepDeleteResourceGroup(azureClient, ui),
 			NewStepDeleteOSDisk(azureClient, ui),