diff --git a/builder/amazon/chroot/builder.go b/builder/amazon/chroot/builder.go
index a7f46a5f4..642f4925d 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/chroot/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/chroot/builder.go
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	tpl *packer.ConfigTemplate
 }
 
+type wrappedCommandTemplate struct {
+	Command string
+}
+
 type Builder struct {
 	config Config
 	runner multistep.Runner
@@ -162,7 +166,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 	ec2conn := ec2.New(auth, region)
 
 	wrappedCommand := func(command string) *exec.Cmd {
-		wrapped, err := b.config.tpl.Process(b.config.CommandWrapper, &WrappedCommandTemplate{
+		wrapped, err := b.config.tpl.Process(b.config.CommandWrapper, &wrappedCommandTemplate{
 			Command: command,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/builder/amazon/chroot/communicator.go b/builder/amazon/chroot/communicator.go
index 7f52d9fdb..92ed0d25a 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/chroot/communicator.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/chroot/communicator.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (c *Communicator) Upload(dst string, r io.Reader) error {
 	}
 	defer os.Remove(tf.Name())
 	io.Copy(tf, r)
-	cpCmd := fmt.Sprintf("cp %s %s", dst, tf.Name())
+	cpCmd := fmt.Sprintf("cp %s %s", tf.Name(), dst)
 	return (*c.ChrootCmd(cpCmd)).Run()
 }
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (c *Communicator) UploadDir(dst string, src string, exclude []string) error
 
 		chrootDest := filepath.Join(c.Chroot, dst, path)
 		log.Printf("Uploading to chroot dir: %s", dst)
-		cpCmd := fmt.Sprintf("cp %s %s", chrootDest, fullPath)
+		cpCmd := fmt.Sprintf("cp %s %s", fullPath, chrootDest)
 		return c.ChrootCmd(cpCmd).Run()
 	}
 
diff --git a/builder/amazon/chroot/step_chroot_provision.go b/builder/amazon/chroot/step_chroot_provision.go
index 481f58671..f4612c807 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/chroot/step_chroot_provision.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/chroot/step_chroot_provision.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
 	"log"
+	"os/exec"
 )
 
 // StepChrootProvision provisions the instance within a chroot.
@@ -11,16 +12,14 @@ type StepChrootProvision struct {
 	mounts []string
 }
 
-type WrappedCommandTemplate struct {
-	Command string
-}
-
 func (s *StepChrootProvision) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 	hook := state.Get("hook").(packer.Hook)
 	mountPath := state.Get("mount_path").(string)
 	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
 	wrappedCommand := state.Get("wrappedCommand").(Command)
-	chrootCmd := state.Get("chrootCmd").(Command)
+	chrootCmd := func(command string) *exec.Cmd {
+		return ChrootCommand(mountPath, command)
+	}
 
 	// Create our communicator
 	comm := &Communicator{
diff --git a/builder/amazon/chroot/step_copy_files.go b/builder/amazon/chroot/step_copy_files.go
index e22301369..c7be3bb66 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/chroot/step_copy_files.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/chroot/step_copy_files.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func (s *StepCopyFiles) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 			chrootPath := filepath.Join(mountPath, path)
 			log.Printf("Copying '%s' to '%s'", path, chrootPath)
 
-			cmd := fmt.Sprintf("cp %s %s", chrootPath, path)
+			cmd := fmt.Sprintf("cp %s %s", path, chrootPath)
 			if err := wrappedCommand(cmd); err != nil {
 				err := fmt.Errorf("Error copying file: %s", err)
 				state.Put("error", err)
diff --git a/builder/amazon/chroot/step_mount_device.go b/builder/amazon/chroot/step_mount_device.go
index e8a987d1d..f9a823623 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/chroot/step_mount_device.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/chroot/step_mount_device.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
 	"log"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 )
 
@@ -57,11 +56,6 @@ func (s *StepMountDevice) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 		return multistep.ActionHalt
 	}
 
-	chrootCmd := func(command string) *exec.Cmd {
-		return ChrootCommand(mountPath, command)
-	}
-	state.Put("chrootCmd", Command(chrootCmd))
-
 	ui.Say("Mounting the root device...")
 	stderr := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	mountCommand := fmt.Sprintf("mount %s %s", device, mountPath)